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Annual Report

Annual Report 2023

2023 was a banner year for Alabama Arise and Alabama Arise Action members. We advanced dignity, equity and justice, including: Cutting the state grocery tax in half! Protecting Alabamians’ health coverage during the Medicaid unwinding. Diversifying our membership, with data showing Arise met our goal of members with low incomes.
Date
September 26, 2023
Author
Alabama Arise
Fact Sheet

Explaining Alabama’s state grocery tax reduction: What it covers and what it doesn’t

The sales tax may seem less visible than other taxes because we pay it in small bits, unlike once-a-year property and income tax payments. But in reality, the sales tax is the most regressive of Alabama’s three major state taxes (income, property and sales). It consumes a much greater portion of the household budget for [...]
Issue
Tax Reform
Date
September 20, 2023
Author
Carol Gundlach
Blog

Alabama’s grocery tax reduction now in effect

Alabama has taken an important first step toward untaxing groceries. HB 479 took effect Sept. 1, reducing the state sales tax on groceries from 4% to 3%. The law will reduce the tax by another percentage point as soon as September 2024, as long as Education Trust Fund (ETF) revenues grow by at least 3.5% [...]
Issue
Tax Reform
Date
September 8, 2023
Author
Chris Sanders
Blog

Arise legislative update: Update on Alabama redistricting case

The Alabama redistricting lawsuit continued this week as a federal court struck down the state's congressional map once again. The Legislature approved the map in July after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the state's original map likely violated the Voting Rights Act. But federal judges this week said the new map still failed to [...]
Issue
Voting Rights
Date
September 8, 2023
Author
Alabama Arise
Blog

An Arise tradition: the member-led agenda

Something interesting is happening in the world of policy organizations. After years of many think tanks working behind the scenes to set their policy agendas with little transparency or buy-in from regular people, many of our peer organizations are now realizing the best policies are those informed by the people closest to the problems. Research [...]
Date
September 8, 2023
Author
Robyn Hyden
Blog

Arise thrives on its membership

When you give to Alabama Arise, you join as a member. We're grateful for your giving: A significant percentage of our financial support comes from people like you. And we’re especially grateful for your membership. Our members are important to us because, as we often say, people are our power. This month, members are coming [...]
Date
September 8, 2023
Author
Jacob Smith
Blog

Medicaid expansion would help working Alabamians

Medicaid expansion is a proven solution to help people join and stay in the workforce, a new report from Community Catalyst spotlights. States that have expanded Medicaid have seen a greater increase in labor force participation among people with incomes below 138% of the poverty line than states – like Alabama – that have not [...]
Issue
Medicaid Expansion
Date
September 8, 2023
Author
Whitney Washington
Newsletter

September 2023 newsletter

Our September 2023 newsletter features overviews of issue proposals to be voted on at our upcoming annual meeting.

Date
September 6, 2023
Author
Alabama Arise
Resources

Alabama Arise toolkit on the Medicaid ‘unwinding’ period

Alabamians at every income level should be able to get the health care they need to survive and thrive. Medicaid plays a vital role toward meeting that goal, providing health coverage for more than 1 million Alabamians with low incomes. But tens of thousands of Alabamians may lose their Medicaid coverage by June 2024 in a process called “unwinding.”

Issues
Health, Medicaid Expansion
Date
August 23, 2023
Author
Alabama Arise
Blog

Arise legislative update: Recap of Alabama redistricting hearing

The ongoing lawsuit over Alabama's congressional map returned to federal court this week. Arise's Mike Nicholson attended the U.S. District Court's redistricting hearing in Birmingham on Aug. 14. In this video update, Mike provides background on the case, which returned to district court after the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Allen v. Milligan. He also [...]
Issue
Voting Rights
Date
August 18, 2023
Author
Matt Okarmus