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The report describes the widespread, disparate harms resulting from the arrests, harsh prison sentences, and incarceration on Black communities.
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Legislative session begins Tuesday with Gov. Ivey’s State of the State address
Ivey makes appointments for district judgeship and district attorney positions
Aspiring lieutenant governor penned 479 page flat Earth screed
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- Legislature
Conservative women’s organization celebrates Rep. Dubose’s “What is a Woman Act”
Legislative session begins Tuesday with Gov. Ivey’s State of the State address
Daniels: National Democrats are silent on Trump, still in mourning
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Prefiled bill would incentivize donations to rural hospitals with tax credits
- Economy
Annual Alabama Economic and Real Estate Report 2024
Alabama’s broadband expansion: A national model for rural connectivity
Alabama Realtors release December Alabama Economic and Real Estate Report
Workers overwhelmingly vote to unionize at Tuscaloosa chemical plant
Small businesses struggle to fill job openings as labor market remains tight
- National
U.S. Senator Katie Britt continues fight to improve rural obstetrics care
Rep. Sewell reintroduces bill to expand access to early detection cancer screenings
Sen. Britt introduces legislation to codify Trump birthright citizenship ban into law
Sen. Britt announces Dothan regional office opening
56 Alabama groups urge Congress to reject tax cuts for the wealthy
- Education
Alabama climbs in national reading, math rankings
AFP-Alabama applauds the opening of Education Savings Accounts applications
Alabama considers new education funding models to address inequalities
Alabama exploring expanding Pre-K program to home-based settings
Vouchers reduce school funding without lowering fixed costs: EPI report
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U.S. Senator Katie Britt continues fight to improve rural obstetrics care
Program seeks to improve youth mental health care with federal funds
Tuberville backs RFK Jr. for Secretary of Health and Human Services
Justice Department finds Alabama illegally segregates children with physical disabilities
30 Alabama healthcare groups unite to fight harmful insurance delays
- Opinion
prisons stories
Prisons
Donaldson is 149.7 percent over capacity, housing 1,449 incarcerated individuals in a facility designed to hold 968.
Legislature
It will bar those convicted of using a deadly weapon to kill someone from being released early under Alabama’s “Good Time” law.
Legislature
Alabama was the last Southern state to shackle and solitarily confine incarcerated pregnant women.
Legislature
The bill would delay fines and fees for the recently released for 180 days.
Opinion
We need elected leaders who will do something about the real issues facing Alabamians, not made-up culture war problems.
Prisons
The man's death is the latest in what is quickly becoming one of the deadliest years in Alabama prisons.
Prisons
The county coroner said Victor Russo was found unresponsive in his cell with apparent blunt force trauma and died two days later at a...
Prisons
The three deaths, all at St. Clair Correctional Facility, bring the total number of COVID-related deaths among Alabama's incarcerated to 73.
Prisons
William Sullivan died shortly after arriving to Kilby Correctional Facility on Jan. 8 from the minimum security Red Eagle Work Center in Montgomery.