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Consider planned giving by leaving a bequest to Alabama Arise
Regardless of your income, making a will or living trust is an important step to ensure your end-of-life wishes are known. We hope you will consider including a legacy gift to Alabama Arise to continue your support of a better Alabama and help ensure the longevity of our organization. Contact your financial adviser to customize [...]
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How you can support Alabama Arise with a gift of stock
Gifting stock to Alabama Arise is easy to do and a smart way to give. Appreciated stock can be up to 20% more valuable than if you sell it and then donate the cash. This allows you to make a bigger impact and save on your taxes. Donating to Alabama Arise with a stock donation [...]
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Join us for Town Hall Tuesdays!
Listening has been the key to shaping and advancing public policies that matter most to those suffering because of bad policies. We listened to continued demands to untax groceries in Alabama and realized an important victory this year. Together, we supported the passage of legislation that will reduce the state sales tax on groceries from [...]
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Arise legislative update: June 7, 2023
The Alabama Legislature's 2023 regular session has come to a close. Arise's Akiesha Anderson takes us through some big wins – including reducing the state's grocery tax! – and other highlights from the session. We want to thank you for speaking out to support good bills and oppose harmful bills. Please visit alarise.org and follow [...]
News Releases
Grocery tax reduction bill’s passage is a win for every Alabamian
The Alabama Senate voted 31-0 Thursday to pass HB 479, a bill to reduce the state sales tax on groceries beginning Sept. 1. The bill now goes to Gov. Kay Ivey. Alabama Arise executive director Robyn Hyden released the following statement Thursday in response: “Reducing the state sales tax on groceries will provide meaningful help [...]
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Medicaid expansion: Alabama’s path to long-term health and financial security
With North Carolina having joined the list of Medicaid expansion states, Alabama remains part of a dwindling group of just 10 states that have not closed the health coverage gap. More states are starting to realize the benefits of Medicaid expansion and finally adopting this life-saving measure. But Alabama unfortunately remains an outlier. By failing [...]
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Arise legislative update: May 30, 2023
As the Alabama Legislature's 2023 regular session begins to wind down, Arise's Carol Gundlach looks at the House passage of HB 479, a major breakthrough on our longtime goal of reducing the state sales tax on groceries. She also discusses four major budget bills headed to the governor's desk.
Fact Sheet
How will the grocery tax reduction law (HB 479) benefit every Alabamian?
HB 479 by Rep. Danny Garrett, R-Trussville, is a grocery tax reduction law that will benefit every Alabamian. Gov. Kay Ivey signed it into law June 15 after it passed the House 103-0 and the Senate 31-0. Below is a look at the principles that make a grocery tax reform bill good, what the new [...]
Letters & Testimony
Alabama Arise testimony in support of untaxing groceries
Alabama Arise's Robyn Hyden testified Wednesday before the House Ways and Means Education Committee in support of a bill to reduce the state sales tax on groceries. HB 479, sponsored by Rep. Danny Garrett, R-Trussville, would reduce the state grocery tax from 4% to 2% over time. It also would make this cut contingent on [...]
Fact Sheet
It’s time to provide older Alabamians with a second chance: Pass Rep. England’s HB 229
Alabama’s prison population has steadily been getting older and more expensive to house. In 2005, about 36% of people in Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) custody were between ages 15 and 30. By 2021, that number had been halved and is now around 18%. Our state’s crime rate fell dramatically – by nearly 17% – [...]