HUNTSVILLE – Monday night, House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels (D-Huntsville) and Rep. Laura Hall (D-Huntsville) hosted a town hall listening session at the St. Mark Baptist Church to offer their constituents an update on what is going on in the Alabama legislature.

Daniels was asked by an attendee about some of the other priorities that he as the leader of State House Democrats were considering as this legislative session unfolds.

Daniels mentioned deferred maintenance for historically black colleges and universities in Alabama, decriminalization of marijuana and the legalization of medical marijuana among those priorities. However, he also mentioned a lottery and the exploration of removing the burden of the sales tax on groceries.

Following the event, Daniels elaborated on the idea in an interview with Yellowhammer News.

“We’re looking at the grocery tax really hard right now to see if the anticipated revenue from a lottery — at least on the state portion, we’re looking at a way to remove the sales tax off groceries, especially the SNAP definition,” Daniels outlined.

“We’re just looking something we can give people relief on,” he added. “I think it’s only fair. And so, we’re doing the numbers right now to see what that looks like. And we’ll be having a report on that next week.”

@Jeff_Poor is a graduate of Auburn University, the editor of Breitbart TV and host of “The Jeff Poor Show” from 2-5 p.m. on WVNN in Huntsville.