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APR News reported last week on how philanthropist Melinda French Gates invested $5 million dollars in a Tuscaloosa women’s health center that features mental health treatment. A new study by CNBC ranks Alabama as one of the worst places to live in the U.S., and a lack of mental health treatment is one reason. The network said Alabama ranks dead last for mental health providers per capita, even though nearly a quarter of residents have been told by a health professional that they have a depressive disorder.

While gas, groceries and the cost of living are on the rise, many people in Alabama and beyond are struggling to make ends meet due to their wages staying the same. A new report by Oxfam, an organization working to fight inequality, finds that over 26% of the workforce in Alabama is earning low wages.

Federal labor officials say a recycling center that employs adults with intellectual disabilities in Alabama should have paid hundreds of thousands of…

A federal appeals court has ruled against fast food workers who sued Alabama over a law that blocked a minimum wage increase in the state's largest city.…

ATLANTA (AP) — The state of Alabama is asking a federal appeals court to toss a lawsuit accusing lawmakers of racial discrimination for blocking a…

A federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit that accuses the Alabama Legislature of racially discriminating against the city of Birmingham by preventing…

The leading Democratic contenders for governor spent much — but not all — of their time agreeing with one another in a debate Wednesday night.Former…

Fast food workers and civil rights groups are appealing the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging an Alabama state law blocking the city of Birmingham's…

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging a state law that blocked a plan to raise the minimum wage in Birmingham. U.S. District Judge R. David…

A federal judge is considering the state of Alabama’s request to dismiss a lawsuit over a new law that blocked a minimum wage increase in…