This Week in Montgomery: Minimum Wage, Guns in Cars and Earmarks
With the third week of the Alabama legislative session through, lawmakers have managed to pass some high-profile bills out of either the House or Senate. It’s a key step if these measures are to become law. But the legislative progress doesn’t debate wasn’t heated. To help review the week’s action is Don Dailey. He’s host of Capitol Journal on Alabama Public Television. He tells WBHM’s Andrew Yeager about a bill that passed the House which would prevent cities from setting their own minimum wages, a bill allowing those with concealed carry permits to keep loaded guns in the cars and a bill to un-earmark millions in state revenue.
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