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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 [...]
Date
June 23, 2023
Author
Alabama Arise
Member Resources

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 [...]
Date
June 23, 2023
Author
Alabama Arise
Blog

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 [...]
Issue
Economic Opportunity
Date
June 8, 2023
Author
Presdelane Harris
Blog

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 [...]
Issues
Budgets, Criminal Justice, Tax Reform
Date
June 7, 2023
Author
Alabama Arise
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 [...]
Issue
Tax Reform
Date
June 1, 2023
Author
Chris Sanders
Blog

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 [...]
Issue
Medicaid Expansion
Date
May 30, 2023
Author
Debbie Smith
Blog

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.
Issues
Budgets, Tax Reform
Date
May 30, 2023
Author
Alabama Arise
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 [...]
Issues
Budgets, Tax Reform
Date
May 24, 2023
Author
Alabama Arise
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 [...]
Issue
Tax Reform
Date
May 24, 2023
Author
Alabama Arise
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% – [...]
Issue
Criminal Justice
Date
May 22, 2023
Author
Alabama Arise