Expert: SCOTUS wrongly awarded GOP House Supreme Court rejecting Alabama maps that diluted Black voting power may have big implications in other states Salon · Jun 8, 2023
Alabama legislature refers broadband expansion funding amendment to November ballot In November, Alabama voters will decide a constitutional amendment that would authorize the state or local governments, such as counties or cities, to grant federal award funds, or any funds designated for broadband infrastructure by state law, to public or private entities for broadband internet infrastructure. Funds granted by a… Ballotpedia · Mar 14, 2022
Alabama allocates American Rescue Plan Act funds to replenish unemployment trust fund The Alabama Legislature passed a plan for spending American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds on Jan. 27, 2022, directing $79.5 million of the state’s $2.1 billion ARPA allocation to replenish the state’s unemployment trust fund. Following the bill’s passage, Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced the state dropped… Ballotpedia · Feb 18, 2022
Commentary: So much for nonpartisan. Republican Supreme Court justices are helping elect Republicans It is hard to understand the Supreme Court’s ruling on Monday to reinstate a congressional district map drawn by the Alabama Legislature as anything other than an effort by the conservative justices to help Republicans in the midterms. Los Angeles Times · Feb 9, 2022