Alabama Arise

Alabama had the highest rate of residents dying from pregnancy complications in the nation between 2018 and 2021. That’s according to an August report from the Milken Institute, a nonprofit and nonpartisan think tank.

The legislation will reduce the tax on groceries in Alabama to 3% on Sept. 1, 2023, and aims to reduce to 2% on Sept. 1, 2024.

This week's Supreme Court decision ordering Alabama to redraw its congressional districts was seen by many minority lawmakers and voting rights activists as a stunning victory with the potential to become a major stepping stone for undoing political maps that dilute the strength of communities of color.

The Supreme Court has issued a surprising ruling in favor of Black voters in a congressional redistricting case, ordering the creation of a second district with a large Black population.

Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday concluded the 2023 legislative session that was marked by tax cut measures and ended with the shelving of some controversial measures, including a bill that would make it a crime to help a non-family member fill out an absentee ballot.

Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday concluded the 2023 legislative session. Major legislation that won approval this year included removing a portion of the state sales tax on food. Lawmakers also approved a spending plan for pandemic relief funds and an extension of the a tax credit program used to lure industries to the state.

The Alabama Senate voted thirty one to zero to cut the State’s sales tax on groceries from 4% down to 2%. The measure now goes to Governor Kay Ivey after the Alabama House agreed to a change by the Senate.

Alabama lawmakers are poised to remove half of the state's sales tax on food, a move that some legislators and advocacy groups had sought for decades but that gained bipartisan traction this year in the face of soaring food prices.

Members of the Alabama House advanced legislation to remove half of the state's 4% sales tax on groceries, a proposal that garnered broad bipartisan support in the face of soaring food prices.

The Alabama House and Senate gave final approval to a one-time tax rebate that will give $150 to single people and $300 to married couples. Legislators in both chambers approved a late-night conference committee compromise.