Speakers at a public hearing today said a proposal by the Alabama Medicaid Agency to impose new work requirements on some able-bodied parents would be punitive, partly because those affected face major barriers to employment and would eventually lose their health coverage even if they got jobs.
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For decades Alabama has not funded public transportation; bill aims to end that
For more than two decades, Kimble Forrister has looked for ways to steer any amount of state funding toward public transportation.
It’s been a futile attempt, and Alabama has long remained in dubious company as one of only five states that does not provide any state money for public transportation.
Alabama Arise members vote on key issues to tackle in 2018
The anti-poverty group “Alabama Arise” is deciding what specific issues they’ll tackle in 2018. Arise members voted on five of seven possible issues for next year, during their annual meeting. Each has the goal of helping low income people.