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Public policy barriers prevent far too many Alabamians from getting ahead. Our duty is to speak out against those barriers and identify solutions to give everyone an opportunity to reach their full potential. Check out our news releases and press statements about our research, organizing and advocacy for policies to make life better for Alabamians who are struggling to make ends meet.
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Alabama Arise unveils 2026 roadmap for change in Alabama
Expanding health care access and improving maternal and infant health will remain top goals on Alabama Arise’s 2026 legislative agenda. The organization also will continue advocating for state funds to help public schools provide free school meals to every student. Nearly 600 members voted in the last week to affirm Arise’s legislative priorities. The seven [...]
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Alabama coalition to lawmakers: Keep TVA public, affordable and accountable
State and federal lawmakers should oppose any efforts to privatize the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), a broad coalition of 43 Alabama organizations wrote in a joint letter released Tuesday. The groups warned that privatization would raise energy costs, eliminate good jobs, weaken environmental protections and strip the public of its voice in decisions about the [...]
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Halfway there: Alabama Arise celebrates latest grocery tax reduction, urges lawmakers to finish the job
A new law reducing Alabama’s state sales tax on groceries from 3% to 2% will take effect on Monday after being enacted in May. HB 386 by Rep. Danny Garrett, R-Trussville, also will give cities and counties more flexibility to reduce local grocery taxes if they choose. Alabama Arise executive director Robyn Hyden released the following [...]
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Alabama Arise celebrates grocery tax reduction at bill signing ceremony
[caption id="attachment_11095" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Several Alabama Arise staff members participated in Gov. Kay Ivey's bill signing ceremony for HB 386 on July 31, 2025, at the State Capitol in Montgomery. HB 386 will reduce the state sales tax on groceries from 3% to 2% starting Sept. 1, 2025. Left to right: Arise legislative director David [...]
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Federal cuts to SNAP, health coverage will harm people across Alabama
The U.S. House voted Thursday for final passage of a budget bill that will make basic needs like food and health care more expensive for millions of American families through severe cuts to food assistance, Medicaid and other human services. These funding cuts will finance renewals and expansions of tax cuts for wealthy people and highly profitable [...]
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Alabama Arise, partner groups urge Congress to reject devastating cuts to SNAP, health coverage
Alabama’s congressional delegation should oppose a harmful budget bill that would reduce or remove food assistance, health coverage and other vital services for hundreds of thousands of Alabamians who struggle to afford basic needs, Alabama Arise and other advocates said Thursday during a Hands Off SNAP and Medicaid news conference at the State House in [...]
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Ivey, legislators should oppose federal SNAP cost shift to states, 50 Alabama groups write
Alabama lawmakers should speak out to help protect the state from devastating federal cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in the U.S. House’s budget reconciliation bill, according to a letter that 50 organizations across Alabama sent to Gov. Kay Ivey and state legislators Monday. The letter, initiated by Alabama Arise, asks state policymakers to [...]
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Alabama Arise, CWA celebrate first collective bargaining agreement
[caption id="attachment_10684" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Representatives from both Alabama Arise and Alabama Arise Workers United were on hand to sign their first collective bargaining agreement at the Arise office in Montgomery on May 19, 2025. Arise executive director Robyn Hyden is joined by Communications Workers of Alabama 3908 president Luther Land at the table. Above are [...]
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U.S. House budget bill would hammer struggling Alabama families
The U.S. House voted 215-214 Thursday for a budget bill that would make basic needs like food and health care more expensive for millions of families through severe cuts to food assistance, Medicaid and other human services. These funding cuts would finance efforts to renew or expand tax cuts for wealthy people and highly profitable [...]
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Grocery tax bill’s passage will improve life for every Alabamian
The Alabama Senate voted 34-0 Tuesday for HB 386 by Rep. Danny Garrett, R-Trussville, a bill that will reduce the state sales tax on groceries from 3% to 2% beginning on Sept. 1 and give cities and counties more flexibility to reduce local grocery taxes if they choose. The Alabama House quickly concurred in the [...]
