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AFA 2015 Roadshow to Visit Talladega County
The Alabama Forestry Association will host its Piedmont District Meeting and Childersburg Regional Reception on Thursday, October 8th at the beautiful lodge at Selwood Farm. The District Meeting is...
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Increased Fuel Taxes in the Pipeline Heading Your Way
The public spectacle of mass hysteria during the recent 2015 Regular Session and two special sessions has been well documented. The media, state employees and state agencies (especially Medicaid and...
View ArticleLegislative Action Alert!
The Alabama Senate’s Transportation & Energy Committee is considering SB180 sponsored by Senator Gerald Dial (R- Lineville). The Alabama Forestry Association and the Alabama Farmer’s Federation are...
View ArticleAFA Legislative Update
The Alabama Legislature returns this week to work its 15th and 16th legislative days. The pace of work has been brisk and principally directed towards passing the constitutionally mandated spending...
View ArticleWhile You Were Sleeping During the General Fund Debate….
In 2015, the Alabama legislature made changes to the Rolling Reserve Act that are beginning to have an impact on the Education Appropriations process as the legislature works to finalize education...
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2016 Legislative Wrap Up- Part V of V- Other Legislation of Interest
Wednesday, May 4th, marked the close of the 2016 Alabama Legislature’s Regular Session. Legislators passed the constitutionally required appropriations bills fairly early in the session which left...
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AFA To Propose Changes to Forest Products Severance Tax Statute
Alabama first adopted a forest products “severance” tax in 1945. The purpose of this tax was to “provide for the conservation of the natural resources of the state by protection of the forest products...
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Luther Strange Has Earned AFA Support
The headline in the Montgomery Advertiser on October 6, 2014 read “U.S. Supreme Court rejects Alabama school-funding case.” We can (and should) thank Luther Strange for this victory. There have been...
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Luther Strange Works to Protect Alabama Landowners
Quietly, behind the scenes and with no political objective, Luther Strange has worked to assist private landowners from government intrusion. In many cases, the office of Attorney General (in...
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Alabama Legislature Convenes for 2018 Session
The Alabama Legislature came back to town this week and completed their first and second workdays highlighted by Governor Kay Ivey’s State of the State presentation on Tuesday evening. The Legislature...
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