Dead End: Dropout Crisis Imperils Alabama's Economy |
New Sign-On Letter for Katrina Funds |
| Self-Sufficiency Standard 2007 Updates ...get PDF of standards |
| 2009 Issue Priorities ...get PDF of priorities |
| Alabama Congressman Supports Katrina Relief Rep. Bonner sent this letter to all members of Congress. Send your own letter too! get PDF of letter |
| State of Working Alabama 2008 Many Alabama workers no better off after decade of economic growth. get PDF of State of Working Alabama 2008 Report |
| Housing Crisis Report: Locked Out Read more on housing crisis ...get PDF of report |
Who Pays Taxes In Alabama 2. If tax fairness plan passes ... PDF of chart |
| Arise 2008 Legislative Agenda Outcome Read more on legislative agenda outcome ...get PDF on outcome |
| HB 274 Helps Seniors Repealing the state grocery tax will help seniors on fixed incomes make ends meet. get PDF of fact sheet |
| Why Tax Grocery Petition Repealing the state grocery tax petition. get PDF of petition |
| Tax Plan 2008 Alabama should not tax people deeper into poverty. A fair tax system will provide adequate funding for the common good, collect revenue according to ability to pay, give exemptions on the basic necessities of life, and collect funds in a simple and transparent way. Rep. John Knight’s Tax Fairness Plan will move us forward. get PDF of plan |
| New Sign on Letter to Help 3000 Alabama Katrina Victims Please sign on and ask representative Jo Bonner to support the funding Senator Shelby has requested to help South Alabama Katrina victims. ... add individual and organization signatures by sending email to Zack@alarise.org ... get the letter |
| Taxing The Poor A PBS documentary - NOW travels to Alabama, to document the personal impact of regressive tax policies on three very different families. They include a working Mom who shows us how a ten percent sales tax on groceries makes a significant difference in what her family eats; a couple living in a ramshackle house in the backwoods who've always held jobs but still face hunger; and a well to-do suburban couple who benefit from tax breaks, but feel they shouldn't "take from the poor to give to the rich." watch video |
| Governor's 2009 Budget What programs deserve top priority as Alabama’s revenues fall next year? Will the state address the shortfall with budget cuts, tax increases or both? And just how big is the budget hole, anyway? Lawmakers are likely to spend most of the 2008 legislative session trying to answer those questions for the fiscal year 2009 budget. Their decisions could affect the quality and direction of state services for years to come. ... get PDF of entire fact sheet |
Gulf Coast Recovery Act Documentation by Mobile County officials and advocacy groups that Alabama’s current share of Katrina CDBG funds – still not released -- will serve less than 10% of those who applied in the city and county of Mobile ... get PDF of previous sign on letter to Senator Shelby also read related OP-ED get PDF of op-ed |
| Pushback Network Pushback Network is a national collaboration of indigenous, grassroots organizations and networks committed to building bottom-up, state-based alliances that change both the composition and levels of participation of the electorate....go to web site and watch video of folks from Alabama |
Bridging the Gap |
| Building Assets to Break the Chains of Poverty ...get PDF of fact sheet |
| 2007 Annual Meeting Report ...get PDF of report |
| Annual Meeting Pictures ... see pictures |
| Issue Preview 2008 PowerPoint Presentation ... see presentation |
| Letter to Riley on Health Coverage ... get PDF of letter |
| Show Me The Money - PAC to PAC Transfers Read more on PAC to PAC transfers of money ... get PDF on PAC to PAC transfers |
Legislators Approve Medicaid Expansions |
| Next Step Toward Tax Fairness Read more on Alabama's next step toward tax fairness ... get PDF on next steps |
| Alabama Small Schools Fact sheet Governor Riley is proposing a bond issue of more than $750 million for school construction. get PDF of fact sheet |
| Alabama's Legislative Process: Get Involved Most people recognize the vital role that voting plays in a democracy - get PDF of factsheet |
Alabama Tenant Brochure |
| Alabama Tenant Handbook More than 500,000 Alabama households live in rental housing. For a long time, there was no state law protecting the rights of renters. As of January 1, 2007, it’s a different story. get PDF of handbook |
| Tax/Budget Handbook 06 Update In Alabama, low-income and high-income families pay at the same rate – 5 percent on taxable income of $6,000 and above. More than 70 percent of Alabama families paid at the top rate in 2002. PDF of handbook update |
| Tax & Budget Handbook The Alabama Tax & Budget Handbook is designed to take on the huge topic of state finances by breaking it down into basic functions that affect every taxpayer: What do our tax dollars pay for? How does state spending work? Where does the state get its money? PDF of handbook |
| Alabama Medicaid Fact Sheet More than 950,000 Alabamians were enrolled in Medicaid for at least one month of Fiscal Year 2005. (More than 750,000 of these eligibles were recipients of medical care funded by Alabama Medicaid.) PDF of Fact Sheet |
| 2006 Tax Reform Law An Act, to amend Sections 40-18-15 and 40-18-19, Code of Alabama 1975, to increase the personal and dependent exemptions and raise the optional standard deduction to increase the threshold at which the state imposes individual income taxation on taxpayers with adjusted gross income of $30,000 or less; to increase the dependent exemption for taxpayers with adjusted gross income of $100,000 or less;get PDF of law |
| 2006 Tax Reform Fact Sheet A highlight of the 2006 legislative session was the passage of a law that raises the Alabama income tax threshold to $12,600 for a family of four, starting in 2007. get PDF of fact sheet |
| Who Pays Taxes In Alabama Low- and middle-income families in Alabama pay a far higher share of their income in state and local taxes than do the richest families in Alabama, according to a new study by the Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy. go to ITEP websute |
| Poverty USA Tour A must see;click to view |
| Arise Citizens' Policy Project A must visit;click to view |
| State of Working Alabama Arise Citizens’ Policy Project (ACPP) has partnered with the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) to assess the economic condition of Alabama’s working families in 2006, against the backdrop of national and historical trends. Since 1988, EPI has released a biennial publication titled The State of Working America. get PDF of publication |
| General Fund Fact Sheet It’s become a rite of spring in Alabama: First, agency heads, newspaper editors and advocacy groups predict disaster for the General Fund. get PDF of Fact Sheet |