Broadband Expansion Bill Approved by Senate
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Legislation to expand broadband services across the state passed today in the Alabama Senate. Sponsored by Senator Del Marsh (R-Anniston), SB215 would establish the Alabama Digital Expansion Authority – a state agency to oversee the expansion and availability of high-speed broadband services throughout the state. “Access to high-speed internet is critical to […]
By Del Marsh
Senate Passes Income Tax Exclusion on Federal COVID-19 Relief Funds
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Alabama State Senate today passed one of the Legislature’s top priority bills, SB 98. This bill, sponsored by Senator Dan Roberts (R-Mountain Brook), would provide an income tax exemption for Alabamians who received federal COVID-19 relief funds and make several modifications to the corporate tax code. “We are not going to […]
By Clay Scofield By Dan Roberts By Greg Reed
Critical Economic Development Proposal Unanimously Passes the Senate
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Alabama State Senate today passed legislation sponsored by Senator Greg Reed (R-Jasper) and Representative Bill Poole (R-Tuscaloosa) to reauthorize the Jobs Act and the Growing Alabama Act – two of Alabama’s primary state-wide economic development programs that expired in 2020. The legislation passed the House February 4, 2021 by a 94-1 […]
By Greg Reed
Marsh Applauds House Passage of Middle Class Tax Cut
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Alabama Senate President Pro Tempore Del Marsh (R-Anniston) released the following statement after House passage of SB 76 which would provide a tax break to middle class Alabamians. “I would like to thank my colleagues in the House for their support of this reasonable tax break for the hard-working tax payers of Alabama.” “The people of this state have not […]
By Del Marsh
Scofield’s Proposal to Expand Broadband in Rural Alabama Passes the State Senate
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – This afternoon the Alabama State Senate took a major step toward broadband expansion in rural Alabama by passing Senator Clay Scofield’s (R-Guntersville) Alabama Rural Broadband Act. Senate Bill 149 is a free-market approach to increasing private investment to expand high-speed internet access across the state. “In the 1930s the infrastructure challenge was […]
By Clay Scofield
Senate Republicans Announce “Fighting for Alabama” 2018 Legislative Agenda
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Alabama Senate Republican Caucus announced their legislative priorities for the 2018 legislative session at a press conference on Thursday morning at the Statehouse. Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh (R-Anniston), Senate Majority Leader Greg Reed (R-Jasper), and other Republican state senators presented four legislative priorities, in addition to their primary […]
By Del Marsh By Greg Reed
Senate Republicans Successfully Move “Strengthen Alabama” Agenda
In February, Alabama State Senate Republicans began the 2017 regular session of the Alabama Legislature committed to an agenda that would strengthen Alabama’s economy, schools, and families. The “Strengthen Alabama” agenda included six specific legislative items, ranging from tax cuts to religious liberty protections. During the legislative session that ended on May 19, Senate Republicans […]