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Transgender rights, gambling, marijuana: Alabama Republican lawmakers engage in new culture wars

Transgender rights, gambling, marijuana: Alabama Republican lawmakers engage in new ‘culture wars’ AL.com 2 hrs ago John Sharp, al.com © Mike Cason | mcason/Mike Cason | mcason Alabama Republican Party Chairman John Wahl talks with other Republicans after being the party s winter meeting on Saturday in Montgomery. Alabama is a ruby red state in the Bible Belt with a reputation for temperance, dry counties and religious leaders worried over the effects of drunkenness. But with little controversy, several bills loosening past restrictions on alcohol delivery advanced through the Alabama Legislature this spring. What changed? “I think it’s the culture,” said state Rep. Terri Collins, R-Decatur, who sponsored a wine delivery bill that passed the Alabama House on Thursday. “I don’t think there is much of a fear in (direct shipments of alcohol).”

Satisfy your corned beef craving at Coralville s Pat & Fran s Irish Pub

Satisfy your corned beef craving at Coralville s Pat & Fran s Irish Pub A reubeton appetizer, Irish stew and a Reuben sandwich or on the menu at Pat & Fran’s Irish Pub. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette) The dining area March 5 at Pat & Fran’s Irish Pub in Coralville. Nick Carroll and Robert Olson II opened the pub Nov. 27 (Andy Abeyta photos/The Gazette) Assistant manager Molly Lesnet pours a beer March 5 at Pat & Fran’s Irish Pub in Coralville. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette) Twenty beers are on tap at Pat & Fran’s Irish Pub in Coralville. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette) Pat & Fran’s Irish Pub opened Nov. 27 in Coralville. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

Ivey uses emergency proclamation to extend incentives, clear up tax issue

); Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday extended the 2020 expiration of some major economic incentives used by the state to attract businesses and clarified that Alabamians won’t have to pay taxes on certain benefits they received under the CARES Act. Through an emergency proclamation, Ivey took care, temporarily, of two of the major reasons some lawmakers and lobbying groups wanted the Legislature to meet for a special session this year. This month, it became clear a special session, which would have to be called by Ivey, wouldn’t happen. “In coordination with the Alabama Legislature, we are pleased to address items that were delayed due to COVID-19,” Ivey said in a written statement. “This action is a short-term solution until these items can be considered by the full legislative body during the 2021 Regular Session. In the meantime, the people of Alabama need clear guidance prior to filing their 2020 taxes. Therefore, the state will not be collecting taxes from ind

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