MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) -- With her signature, Gov. Kay Ivey changed the way schools are funded in Alabama and created some new regulations.

Several of those laws have gone into effect this week. Lawmakers said there's a few things to know about these acts.

One law drops the grocery tax from 3% to 2%, which will start in September. State Sen. Arthur Orr, R-Decatur, said it would be an extra dollar off of a $100 grocery tab. Including 2023's tax cut, that's a 50% slash on what used to be a 4% tax on groceries overall.

"Obviously, everyone has to eat, and they eat groceries, consume groceries," Orr said. "Therefore, the grocery tax seemed like the most logical place to continue letting Alabamians keep more of their hard-earned dollars."

Grocery shoppers aren't the only ones who will get

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