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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 [...]
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Alabama Arise praises new maternal health, paid parental leave laws
[caption id="attachment_10630" align="aligncenter" width="799"] Alabama Arise executive director Robyn Hyden (fifth from right) and worker policy advocate Dev Wakeley (sixth from right) participated in Gov. Kay Ivey’s bill signing ceremony for SB 199 on May 1, 2025, at the State Capitol in Montgomery. SB 199 will ensure paid parental leave for teachers, two-year college workers [...]
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Arise legislative update: Week of April 28, 2025
With just five meeting days in Alabama Legislature's 2025 regular session, Arise's Robyn Hyden highlights one major issue left on the to-do list: further reducing the state sales tax on groceries. HB 386 has passed the House and needs to move to the Senate floor. We need your help to get this crucial legislation across [...]
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Arise legislative update: Week of April 21, 2025
Arise's Whitney Washington breaks down why HB 477, a bill to allow junk health plans, is not a solution for Alabama's health coverage gap. HB 477 would authorize non-insurance health plans that aren't regulated by the Alabama Department of Insurance and that could cap benefits and discriminate against people with preexisting conditions. This bill is [...]
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Arise legislative update: Week of April 14, 2025
Arise's David Stout breaks down the dangers of legislative proposals to expand the CHOOSE Act. This 2024 law will divert hundreds of millions of public dollars away from Alabama's public schools and toward private schools and homeschooling in the coming years. David highlights why further increasing that amount would be bad for Alabama's public school [...]
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Alabama Arise legislative toolkit
Welcome to Alabama Arise’s legislative toolkit, a resource designed to help you understand and engage in the Alabama legislative process.
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Arise legislative update: Week of April 7, 2025
Arise's Carol Gundlach highlights a significant win from the 2025 legislative session: the enactment of paid parental leave for teachers and state employees, a top priority for Alabama Arise. This legislation represents a major advancement for parental and infant health. Arise also continued to oppose harmful proposals last week, including junk health plans and bills [...]
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Kit de herramientas de salud materna de Alabama
"Para mejorar la salud materna, debemos concentrarnos en mejorar la salud y el acceso a la atención de todas las mujeres; no solo durante el trabajo de parto y el nacimiento, sino también antes y después del embarazo, y durante toda nuestra vida". - Dra. Leana S. Wen Descargue aquí una copia completa en PDF [...]
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VIDEO: Alabama Arise Action Legislative Day 2025
Arise held its 2025 Legislative Day on Thursday, March 20. More than 200 supporters from across Alabama joined us in Montgomery to urge their lawmakers to continue to untax groceries and to support a plan to allow every public school in our state to provide no-cost school breakfast to all students. Our supporters also were [...]