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Medicaid expansion, free menstrual products in school and greater expansion of voting rights are among the legislative agenda items.
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Alabama Political Reporter
- Elections
Constitutional amendments now in effect
Election challenge filed over District 10 House seat
Phillip Ensler brings focus on education, public safety as newly elected state rep
Allen: Alabama to withdraw from national voter clearinghouse; Merrill criticizes move
Starnes brings military experience, focus to District 88
- Governor
- Legislature
New District 89 Rep. Paramore already familiar with the State House
Hulsey brings perspective to Legislature’s focus on mental health expansion
Susan DuBose wants “to be a voice for women” in the Alabama House
Chad Robertson aims to be a voice for rural Alabama
House Speaker nominee Ledbetter announces intentions for major committee chairs
- Economy
Legislative leaders cast ambitious vision to grow Alabama’s economy
Wage gap task force narrows recommendations
Governor promotes Small Business Saturday through proclamation
Online jobs ads in October up 17.3 percent from last year
First Solar to open $1.1 billion Alabama facility, creating over 700 jobs
- National
Rep. Sewell votes to avert national rail shutdown
Sewell nominates Hakeem Jeffries to serve as next Democratic leader
RNC chairwoman forms Republican Party Advisory Council: Katie Britt selected
Tuberville among Senators calling to amend Respect for Marriage Act
Sewell to welcome fellow Ways and Means racial equity co-chairs to Montgomery
- Education
Birmingham City Council approves $1 million in funds for conflict resolution schools
Filmore named director of governmental relations at Troy University
Ivey awards $1.3 million in university research grants
Ivey declares November as “Thank Alabama Teachers Month”
Education scorecard shows how Alabama districts held up during pandemic
- Health
State appeals to lift injunction on law criminalizing treatment of transgender youth
Alabama abortion advocates discuss post-Roe reality
Southern Research and Rhodium Scientific send bacteria to space
Cannabis Association issues deadline alert amid increase in applications
As COVID-19 wanes, UAB doctors warn of potential “triple-demic”
- Opinion
Yellowhammer Fund stories
National
“For the South, ending Roe means a 1,500-mile-wide swath of the country without a single legal abortion clinic or one doctor who can provide...
Health
Grammy-winning country musician Amanda Shires will donate all proceeds from a new single to the Yellowhammer Fund, a nonprofit that provides assistance with abortions...
Legislature
Yellowhammer Fund, an abortion fund and reproductive justice organization headquartered in Alabama, is praising the latest legislative effort to ensure that those without medical...
Legislature
Yellowhammer Fund, an abortion fund and reproductive justice organization headquartered in Alabama, on Wednesday condemned the committee passage of Alabama HB 248, a bill...
National
The Russian punk band Pussy Riot will perform in Alabama on Thursday to raise money for women’s rights groups in the wake of the...
