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Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley, seated, passes a pen to Alabama Speaker of the House, Rep. Mike Hubbard, R-Auburn, left, as he signs into law the Responsible Budgeting and Spending Act with Rep. Greg Canfield, R-Vestavia Hills, in a ceremony at the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery, Ala., Friday, March 11, 2011. The bill, sponsored by Canfield, is the first passed in this year's regular legislative session and allows for a "rolling reserve" process to make the Education Trust Fund resistant to proration. (AP Photo)

HB317: The players

Sometime after 10 a.m. today, the Alabama Senate will take up HB317, a bill to exempt a specific class of individuals from the state’s ethics laws. During a hearing on the bill before the Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Committee, Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh told the...

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