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‘I will leave this world better than I found it’
Angel’s experiences have forged her into a fierce advocate of programs that have allowed her not just to have daily necessities, but also to maintain a high level of independence.
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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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What the new federal budget law means for SNAP, health care in Alabama
By Carol Gundlach, senior policy analyst, and Debbie Smith, Cover Alabama campaign director While many Alabamians were celebrating July 4, Congress passed a sweeping budget reconciliation law that will hurt families across the country. To extend more than $1 trillion of tax cuts for the richest Americans, Congress slashed health care, food assistance and other [...]
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2025 has been a roller coaster of a year for Alabama Arise
After years of advocacy, Alabama Arise and our partners secured several huge victories for low-income and working people at the State House this year! These legislative wins included: An additional reduction of the state grocery tax. A law removing the state sales tax on many women’s health products, maternity care items and baby care items. [...]
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Alabamians’ health care costs will soar in 2026 if Congress doesn’t act now
The clock is ticking: Enhanced Marketplace subsidies expire this year! The enhanced Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) that have made health insurance more affordable for hundreds of thousands of Alabamians are set to expire at the end of 2025. If Congress doesn’t act now, premiums for families, small business owners and people who buy their [...]
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¡Hemos mejorado vidas en toda Alabama!
La sesión legislativa de 2025 se terminó oficialmente, y fue atareada y productiva. El personal, los socios y los miembros de Arise trabajaron arduamente para mejorar la vida de gente que llega justo a fin de mes, mientras se protegían también los derechos de los alabamienses atacados por personas con agendas políticas retrógradas. Hicimos un [...]
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What we know about the SNAP changes in the new federal budget law
The federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act does not immediately cut or end food assistance benefits for people who now receive them. People who are now getting food assistance under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) should continue receiving their monthly benefits normally for the foreseeable future, just as they have in the past. But [...]
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What we know about the health care changes in the new federal budget law
While many Alabamians were preparing for the July 4 holiday, Congress passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act — a sweeping federal budget law with serious consequences for families across the country, including right here in Alabama. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities put it plainly: “House and Senate Republicans have now passed a [...]
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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 [...]