If you're hanging out in the Statehouse today, keep an eye on Alabama Public Television Videographer Adam Vincent...he may be seeing if he can repeat last year's coup of catching Senator Charles Bishop punching Senator Lowell Barron. Nah, probably won't happen, but all eyes will be on several bills that can still win passage today. Rep. John Knight is quoted in The Birmingham News regarding his measure to remove the state sales tax on food: "I don't see how the governor and the Republicans can tell the people of this state they don't want to give them a tax cut," said Knight. "I don't see how they can look their constituents in the face and tell them they killed this bill." Legislators will also consider the bill adding sexual orientation to the existing Alabama Hate Crime law, and then there's the matter of the Education Budget. There's some talk about a Special Session for that spending plan, allowing the governor to isolate the measure.
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