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Arise legislative update: Feb. 12, 2024

Arise's Akiesha Anderson catches everyone up on a busier-than-normal first week of the Alabama legislative session and previews an additional busy week ahead. Anderson discusses what's been happening with a harmful bill that would create more barriers to absentee voting and provides an update on the future of the state sales tax on groceries. Full [...]
Issues
Tax Reform, Voting Rights
Date
February 12, 2024
Author
Matt Okarmus
Fact Sheet

Vote ‘No’ on SB 1 – narrowing voting rights in Alabama

Alabama’s absentee voting application process is already safe and secure. We don’t need to add confusing and frightening requirements to an already secure process. This bill would make it a crime for any person knowingly to provide or receive funding or a gift for distributing, ordering, requesting, collecting, prefilling, completing, obtaining or delivering another person’s [...]
Issue
Voting Rights
Date
January 31, 2024
Author
Mike Nicholson
Blog

Arise legislative update: Update on Alabama’s new congressional map

Arise's Mike Nicholson gives an update on the new congressional map that the U.S. District Court approved as a remedy in Alabama's redistricting case last week. That order came after federal judges ruled that both the state's original map and the revised one that the Legislature passed during a special session in July likely did [...]
Issue
Voting Rights
Date
October 11, 2023
Author
Matt Okarmus
News Releases

Alabama Arise unveils 2024 roadmap for change in Alabama

Expanding Medicaid and ending the state sales tax on groceries will remain top goals on Alabama Arise’s 2024 legislative agenda. The group also will pursue a multifaceted approach to improving maternal and infant health in Alabama. More than 500 members voted to determine Arise’s legislative priorities in recent days after the organization’s annual meeting Saturday. [...]
Issues
Health, Public Transportation, Tax Reform, Voting Rights, Medicaid Expansion, Budgets, Criminal Justice
Date
October 5, 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

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
Blog

Arise legislative update: Recap of 2023 redistricting special session

Arise's Akiesha Anderson provides an update after the Alabama Legislature's weeklong special session that focused on redistricting. The special session was in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Allen v. Milligan, which found that Alabama's congressional districts likely violated the Voting Rights Act by diluting the power of Black voters. Akiesha also discusses [...]
Issue
Voting Rights
Date
July 26, 2023
Author
Alabama Arise
Newsletter

June 2023 newsletter

The June 2023 newsletter features a recap of the 2023 Alabama legislative session as well as coverage from our Legislative Day.

Issues
Voting Rights, Medicaid Expansion, Budgets, Criminal Justice, Health, Housing, Tax Reform
Date
June 28, 2023
Author
Matt Okarmus
Blog

Allen v. Milligan ruling is a shot in the arm for democracy

Alabamians received good news this month with the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Allen v. Milligan. This decision upholds key parts of the Voting Rights Act and requires Alabama to draw new congressional districts by July 21. The Legislature likely will hold a special session in July to approve two majority-Black (or close to majority-Black) [...]
Issue
Voting Rights
Date
June 26, 2023
Author
Robyn Hyden
Blog

2023 was a momentous session on Alabama Arise policy priorities

June 6 ended one of the most significant legislative sessions ever for Alabama Arise and our supporters. Through timely and persistent advocacy, Arise members helped build a better, more equitable Alabama. While our work continues, we want to highlight the many important strides this year in our movement for a better Alabama for all – [...]
Issues
Economic Opportunity, Voting Rights, Criminal Justice, Housing
Date
June 26, 2023
Author
Mike Nicholson