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A new report from an Alabama advocacy group highlights glaring issues within the state’s auto industry and offers solutions. The State of Working Alabama 2023 report from the nonprofit Alabama Arise comes as conditions and wages for autoworkers continue to decline.
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Break out those fuzzy dice. They're finally free to dangle in Illinois. A law taking effect Monday will prohibit police there from pulling over motorists solely because they have something hanging from the review mirror of the windshield. A change in Alabama taxation will mean higher worker paydays, maybe temporarily. They’re just two of hundreds of state laws taking effect across the U.S. with the start of the new year.
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An Alabama nonprofit has unveiled an agenda calling for policy changes in the state. Alabama Arise works to improve the lives of Alabamians who are marginalized by poverty. The organization’s 2024 Roadmap for Change contains seven legislative changes that its policy workers will focus on next year.
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A new report shows expanding Medicaid in Alabama would lead to a boost in the economy. The new data from the nonprofit Community Catalyst shows more residents are at risk of falling into the Medicaid coverage gap. This is due to scaling back policies that were in place during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.