Roundup: State seeks federal permit to fill wetlands for drawn-out highway project
Alabama officials are seeking federal permission to fill in a stretch of wetlands and streams in the Cahaba and Black…
Roundup: Federal court undoes congressional redistricting, allows state senate redistricting to move forward
Federal judges last week blocked Alabama’s redistricting plans. The state was in the process of implementing a congressional map that…
Roundup: Birth centers take health department decision to Alabama Supreme Court
Two Alabama birth centers announced last week they are appealing a January court decision upholding the Alabama Department of Public…
Roundup: As ACA tax credits expire, 130,000 Alabamians are at risk of losing health care
A health care bill passed in the U.S. House of Representatives last Wednesday did not include plans to extend Affordable…
Roundup: Supreme Court hears arguments in Alabama death penalty case
Alabama appeared before the U.S. Supreme Court last week, arguing that the state should be allowed to execute a death…
Roundup: University of Alabama suspends two student publications, citing anti-DEI regulations
The University of Alabama last week permanently suspended two student-run magazines, Alice Magazine and Nineteen Fifty-Six. UA officials cited federal…
Roundup: State educators face fallout over Kirk comments
A wave of fallout regarding comments and social media posts made about right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk’s Sept. 10 murder…
Families begin receiving inaugural CHOOSE Act funds subsidizing private education
Alabama families who applied to receive funds through Alabama’s new voucher-like school choice program — created by 2024 legislation, the…
Roundup: UA international student detained by ICE for expired visa
Alireza Doroudi, a doctoral student studying mechanical engineering at the University of Alabama, was detained by the U.S. Immigrations and…