GE Aerospace Foundation will fund three Alabama organizations to expand aerospace workforce training and career opportunities across the Auburn-Montgomery region.
Alabama officials said the proposed role risked overstepping agency authority, while one board member warned noncompliant libraries could lose state aid.
UNA campus workers launched a United Campus Workers chapter to address concerns like worker compensation, benefits, campus conditions, university spending and student housing.
Alabama education officials proposed no new positions while addressing rising insurance costs, employee raises and technology replacement needs statewide.
Ensler cited a Montgomery peer mediation initiative and funding for student counseling and conflict resolution programs as seeking to curb youth violence.