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Editorial Roundup: Alabama
Cullman Times. March 21, 2024. Editorial: Important new Alabama tool helps track convicted offenders of violent crimes Coping with trauma after a violent incident can trigger long-lasting effects. This is true even when the perpetrator has been convicted and sentenced...
Alabama enacts new restrictions on absentee ballot requests
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has placed new restrictions on assistance with absentee ballot requests, making it illegal to return another person's ballot application and making it a felony to pay someone to distribute or collect applications. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Wednesday...
Alabama governor signs bill barring diversity, equity and inclusion programs
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Wednesday signed legislation that would ban diversity, equity and inclusion programs at public schools, universities and state agencies and prohibit the teaching of “divisive concepts” including that someone should feel guilty because of their...
Alabama lawmakers approve absentee ballot, anti-diversity, equity and inclusion bills
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday gave final approval to a bill that would outlaw paid assistance with absentee ballot applications and another that would restrict diversity, equity and inclusion programs at universities and state agencies. Republicans had named...
Some Alabama websites hit by 'denial-of-service' computer attack
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Some Alabama state government websites have been hit by a “denial-of-service” attack. That type of cyberattack involves flooding a site with junk data to try and overwhelm it and knock it offline. Gov. Kay Ivey's office said the attack began Tuesday...
Former Alabama Republican US Rep. Robert Terry Everett dies at 87
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Former Alabama Republican U.S. Rep. Robert Terry Everett, who represented the state's 2nd District from 1993 to 2009, died Tuesday, the governor's office confirmed. He was 87. Everett died peacefully in his sleep at his home in Rehobeth, a suburb of Dothan,...
Alabama clinic resumes IVF treatments under new law shielding providers from liability
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — At least one clinic in Alabama has resumed in vitro fertilization treatments after the governor signed a bill into law shielding providers from potential legal liability raised by a court ruling that equated frozen embryos to children. Alabama Fertility...
Alabama lawmakers have approved a school choice program
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Thursday signed legislation creating a program similar to school vouchers that would provide eligible families with as much as $7,000 to help pay for private school and $2,000 for homeschooling expenses. The Alabama Senate voted 23-9...
IVF is dominating headlines in Alabama and across the country. Here's what you should know about it
Alabama lawmakers and Gov. Kay Ivey agreed to protect in vitro fertilization providers from legal liability Wednesday, more than two weeks after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law and touched off immediate backlash. IVF...
Alabama governor signs legislation protecting IVF providers from legal liability into law
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Facing pressure to get in vitro fertilization services restarted in the state, Alabama's governor swiftly signed legislation into law Wednesday shielding doctors from potential legal liability raised by a court ruling that equated frozen embryos to children. ...
