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Maternal health, paid leave are early highlights in Alabama’s 2025 legislative session
Alabama Arise is advocating successfully to advance several good bills early in the Legislature’s 2025 regular session. Our members are speaking out and getting results on maternal health care access, paid parental leave and other issues. The session began Feb. 4 and likely will end in mid-May. Here is an overview of Arise’s advocacy at [...]
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Arise 2025: How we’re working to build a better Alabama
Alabama Arise believes in dignity, equity and justice for all. We believe in an Alabama where everyone's voice is heard and everyone has the opportunity to reach their full potential. And we believe better public policies are the key to building a brighter future for our state. Below, we'll share some details of that vision [...]
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Expand voting rights to right past wrongs and safeguard democracy in Alabama
Overview Alabamians who want to exercise their fundamental right to vote often face numerous hurdles to exercising that right. These barriers – both physical and procedural – reduce civic engagement and election turnout. Alabama does not allow early voting and has a complicated process for people who seek to vote an absentee ballot. And recent [...]
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Las prioridades legislativas de Alabama Arise para 2025
Más de 150 grupos miembros de Alabama Arise y más de 1,500 miembros individuales eligen todos los años nuestras prioridades legislativas. Este proceso garantiza que los habitantes de Alabama más afectados por la pobreza participen de las decisiones. A continuación se enumeran las prioridades que nuestros miembros eligieron para 2025. Para obtener una versión de este [...]
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Alabama Arise 2025 legislative priorities
More than 150 Alabama Arise member groups and more than 1,500 individual members choose our legislative priorities each year. This process ensures that Alabamians most impacted by poverty have a seat at the table. Below are the priorities that our members selected for 2025. For a PDF version of this document, click here or click [...]
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Alabama Arise unveils 2025 roadmap for change in Alabama
Expanding Medicaid and ending the state sales tax on groceries will remain top goals on Alabama Arise’s 2025 legislative agenda. The organization also will advocate for state funds to help public schools provide free breakfast to every student. More than 450 members voted in the last week to affirm Arise’s legislative priorities. The seven priorities [...]
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Here’s what Alabama Arise heard in 2024!
Alabama Arise listens because we deeply value the input we get from members, partners and most importantly, those directly affected by the work we do together. We depend on what we hear to help guide our issue work and our strategies. We held two virtual statewide Town Hall Tuesdays this summer, and each featured three [...]
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Arise legislative update: April 15, 2024
Arise's Akiesha Anderson gives an update on where things stand in the Alabama Legislature as lawmakers begin to wind down the 2024 regular session. We still are keeping an eye on numerous bills, including the state budgets and legislation related to child care, death penalty reform and voting rights. Akiesha provides a rundown on some [...]
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Arise legislative update: March 25, 2024
While the Alabama Legislature is on spring break this week, Arise's Akiesha Anderson takes some time to update everyone on what's happened recently and what's on the horizon when lawmakers return next week. Akiesha also talks about our upcoming Legislative Day, scheduled for Tuesday, April 2. Full video transcript Hi there. Akiesha Anderson here, policy [...]
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Arise legislative update: March 18, 2024
The Alabama Legislature is coming back into session after taking off last week. Arise's Akiesha Anderson provides updates on what's happened most recently -- including unfortunate news on anti-DEI legislation -- and gets you ready for another busy week ahead. Legislation we're monitoring this week includes a bill to reform Alabama's felony murder rule and [...]