Economy UAW petitions National Labor Relations Board to rerun Mercedes election The UAW’s latest filing adds to the list of legal complaints and investigations Mercedes is currently facing. Chance PhillipsMay 27, 2024
Congress Proposed 2024 Farm Bill would cut SNAP benefits by nearly $30 billion Almost 750,000 people in Alabama receive SNAP benefits and could be affected by the proposed cuts. Chance PhillipsMay 24, 2024
Featured Opinion Opinion | It’s past time to end child labor: No ifs, ands, or buts Medicaid expansion might not be a bipartisan issue, but we still have a healthily bipartisan pro-child labor caucus in Montgomery. Chance PhillipsMay 24, 2024
Local news The SPLC Action Fund is looking to support candidates in eight Alabama cities The SPLC Action Fund plans to support candidates for municipal office in eight Alabama cities in 2025, focusing on underrepresented Black communities and enhancing... Chance PhillipsMay 23, 2024
National Sen. Tuberville continues attacking Social Security funding model Tuberville says most people won’t receive Social Security benefits, alleging the government has wasted the money. Chance PhillipsMay 23, 2024
Economy Workers at an electric bus plant in Anniston unionized and won double-digit raises Thanks to a new law, New Flyer would’ve faced severe penalties if they’d voluntarily recognized the union just months later. Chance PhillipsMay 22, 2024
Economy Department of Labor claims Mar-Jac Poultry of Alabama used oppressive child labor The Department of Labor says children worked “on the kill floor deboning poultry and cutting carcasses” in the Jasper factory. Chance PhillipsMay 22, 2024
National Sen. Britt, Rep. Carl criticize Biden and ICC’s treatment of Israeli prime minister The two Alabama politicians have questioned the International Criminal Court’s ability to investigate the Israeli prime minister. Chance PhillipsMay 21, 2024
Featured Opinion Opinion | The union election revealed which side Alabama’s politicians are on In a healthy democracy, would workers striving to improve their lives be met only by politicians’ scorn? Chance PhillipsMay 21, 2024
Economy Inflation down, unemployment up in April: Bureau of Labor Statistics According to preliminary estimates, prices rose 3.4 percent in the last year and unemployment is at 3.9 percent. Chance PhillipsMay 20, 2024