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A big ugly bill for billionaires
The budget legislation that the U.S. House advanced before Memorial Day (the “Big, Beautiful Bill... for Billionaires”) is awful. It would undo progress we have made together over many decades of work. The good news: The original legislation put forth was even worse. Your advocacy, calls and public actions helped block some terrible policies from [...]
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HB 177: A case study in Alabama Arise advocacy
Alabama Arise successfully leapt into action this year to defend health coverage for thousands of children across our state.
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May 2025 newsletter
Our May 2025 newsletter recaps a successful legislative session and details federal threats to SNAP and health care.
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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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Arise legislative update: Week of May 19, 2025
Arise's Robyn Hyden ties a bow on the Alabama Legislature's 2025 regular session by celebrating some of the numerous policy wins that our members made possible. These include: - Reducing the state sales tax on groceries. - Ending the state sales tax on baby formula, diapers, maternity clothing and other items for women and infants. [...]
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Arise legislative update: Week of May 12, 2025
Arise's Chris Sanders takes to the Alabama outdoors to celebrate two huge legislative wins for Alabama families last week. First is the enactment of HB 386, which will reduce the state sales tax on groceries from 3% to 2% starting Sept. 1. Untaxing groceries has been an Arise priority for decades, and we will continue [...]
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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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Arise legislative update: Week of May 5, 2025
Arise's Dev Wakeley provides updates on numerous key bills as we head into the final days of the Alabama Legislature's 2025 regular session. This video highlights the progress we're making on legislation to reduce the state sales tax on groceries, remove tax incentives from businesses that violate child labor laws, reform the state parole board [...]
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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 [...]