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Do Or Die For Insurance Bills

Mon, May 05, 2008 - 4:49 pm

House Insurance Committee could dodge a vote on two insurance reform bills.

Progress For Insurance Reform

Wed, April 30, 2008 - 10:48 pm

One of two state insurance reform bills proposed by local legislature has been passed in the senate.

Senate OKs Bill To Exempt State Tax On Rebate Checks

Wed, April 30, 2008 - 12:26 pm

The Alabama Senate has passed a bill to exempt the federal economic stimulus check from state income tax.

Senators Go Round And Round Over Insurance Reform

Tue, April 29, 2008 - 10:40 pm

Senator Lowell Barron: "I live 400 miles from the coast. I don't have to be for your insurance bill." A Mobile County Senator takes up the fight to get insurance changed in Alabama.

Alabama Senate Fights For Tanker

Thu, March 06, 2008 - 5:36 pm

The Alabama Senate has passed a resolution encouraging U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to accept the Air Force's decision to award a tanker contract to Northrop Grumman and EADS.

Senate Slugger Not Suing

Thu, February 07, 2008 - 6:43 pm

An Alabama Senator who punched another lawmaker changed his mind about a lawsuit.

Senators Plan to Come Out Swinging

Mon, February 04, 2008 - 1:49 pm

State lawmakers say they plan to use the "punch seen around the world" to push for better better security in the Senate when the 2008 session starts tomorrow.

No Punishment for Lawmaker Who Threw a Punch

Thu, January 31, 2008 - 3:03 pm

The Alabama Senate Ethics Committee took no public action against the state senator who hit a fellow lawmaker on the final day of the 2007 legislative session.

Slugging Senator Wants Resolution

Thu, January 17, 2008 - 4:43 pm

State Senator Charles Bishop says members of the Senate Ethics Committee need to quit sitting on their "rear ends" and resolve a complaint filed after he punched a fellow lawmaker on the Senate floor.

Senate Fight Still Causing Problems

Thu, December 06, 2007 - 10:25 pm

The blow that ended the last session of the Alabama Senate is still causing disagreements as lawmakers prepare to start another session in two months.

Race to the State Senate

Mon, October 15, 2007 - 5:13 pm

Candidates for the vacant senate seat in Baldwin County race to the finish line.

Lawmaker Honored for “Capitol Punishment”

Tue, October 02, 2007 - 3:44 pm

He turned the senate floor into a boxing ring on the final day of the session. Now state senator Charles Bishop is behing honored for punching a Democratic colleague.

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