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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 [...]
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Arise legislative update: Week of April 28, 2025
With just five meeting days in Alabama Legislature's 2025 regular session, Arise's Robyn Hyden highlights one major issue left on the to-do list: further reducing the state sales tax on groceries. HB 386 has passed the House and needs to move to the Senate floor. We need your help to get this crucial legislation across [...]
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Arise legislative update: Week of April 21, 2025
Arise's Whitney Washington breaks down why HB 477, a bill to allow junk health plans, is not a solution for Alabama's health coverage gap. HB 477 would authorize non-insurance health plans that aren't regulated by the Alabama Department of Insurance and that could cap benefits and discriminate against people with preexisting conditions. This bill is [...]
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Arise legislative update: Week of April 14, 2025
Arise's David Stout breaks down the dangers of legislative proposals to expand the CHOOSE Act. This 2024 law will divert hundreds of millions of public dollars away from Alabama's public schools and toward private schools and homeschooling in the coming years. David highlights why further increasing that amount would be bad for Alabama's public school [...]
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Alabama Arise legislative toolkit
Welcome to Alabama Arise’s legislative toolkit, a resource designed to help you understand and engage in the Alabama legislative process.
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Arise legislative update: Week of April 7, 2025
Arise's Carol Gundlach highlights a significant win from the 2025 legislative session: the enactment of paid parental leave for teachers and state employees, a top priority for Alabama Arise. This legislation represents a major advancement for parental and infant health. Arise also continued to oppose harmful proposals last week, including junk health plans and bills [...]