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Fox 10, Mobile: Undeliverable: A maternal health care crisis
“Medicaid expansion can be done by the governor. That’s the easiest route is for Governor Ivey to use her executive authority to expand Medicaid, but the Legislature can also pass a bill to expand Medicaid during the upcoming legislative session," Arise's Debbie Smith told Fox 10 in Mobile. |
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Alabama Public Radio: Southern Alabama birthing unit closing, health experts warn of obstetric care loss
"Black infants and Black Alabamians who give birth experience higher mortality rates than their white and Hispanic counterparts," Alabama Public Radio reported, citing Alabama Arise. |
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Alabama Reflector: Report: Dental care, access issues mount in Alabama
“We’re only retaining about four out of every 10 dental students,” Arise's Jennifer Harris told the Alabama Reflector. “The cost is prohibitive for a lot of people that are not able to afford treatment if there is something that’s discovered.” |
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WPMI NBC 15, Mobile: No repeat of last year's reduction in Alabama grocery tax -- Here’s why
"The bill that passed that lowered the tax on groceries required that, in order to make further reductions, we had to have a 3 and a half percent increase in the education budget,” Arise's Carol Gundlach told WPMI NBC 15 in Mobile. “This year we have a little over one and a half increase in revenue for education. So we are short of that standard." |
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Public News Service: Federal program brings free breakfast and lunch to more AL students
"What universal school breakfast does is, particularly, it has been seen to address chronic absenteeism, prove adolescent mental health, but beyond that, improve long-term learning outcomes and alleviate the school-to-prison pipeline," Arise's LaTrell Clifford Wood told the Public News Service. |
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Decatur Daily: Local food pantries serving more clients, receiving less food
“I looked at April data for Alabama and a little bit over 11% of families said that they sometimes or often don’t have enough food for their families,” Arise's Carol Gundlach told the Decatur Daily. “By June that number had jumped to 18%.” |
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Alabama Political Reporter: Opinion: CHOOSE Act will further hurt Alabama’s public schools
"The CHOOSE Act will take a minimum of $100 million from Alabama’s public schools every year starting in fiscal year 2026. This would be a devastating financial blow for underfunded K-12 schools across our state," Arise's Carol Gundlach wrote in the Alabama Political Reporter. |
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Alabama Public Radio: New report ranks Alabama one of the worst states in U.S. when it comes to poverty support
A new report from SmileHub names food insecurity and lack of Medicaid expansion and public transportation as factors affecting Alabama's rank. |
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Governing: After 20 years, rail service returning to the Gulf Coast
“We have a mechanism for state funding of transit,” Arise's Dev Wakeley told Governing. “What we don’t have is a dedicated funding pathway or a history of appropriations to that funding source.” |
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Alabama Political Reporter: Sen. Britt introduces ambitious, bipartisan child care legislation
Alabama Arise joined with numerous organizations in supporting Sen. Katie Britt’s bills that would increase federal funding for child care and help make child care more affordable for parents. |
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WAFF 48, Huntsville: Alabama Secretary of State finds over 3,000 non-citizens registered to vote
“It just leaves me with questions. How could that many people supposedly register to vote when you need a photo ID or a Social Security number? There’s all these barriers in place that wouldn’t allow that to happen,” Arise's Mike Nicholson told WAFF 48 in Huntsville. “So I would ask the Secretary of State to be more transparent with that, because we know in other states that similar actions like that have purged other voters from the polls.” |
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Alabama Political Reporter: Alabama lawmakers, coalition introduce an all-inclusive voting rights bill
As a member of the Alabama Voting Rights Coalition, Arise showed support for the Alabama Voting Rights Act. The prefiled bill would provide for same-day voter registration and no excuse absentee voting, streamline the process for voting rights restoration and more. |
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Alabama Daily News: New bill would impose stricter job search requirements for unemployment benefits in Alabama
“What we hear all the time is we need better workforce participation, and this is an attempt to hurt people until they’re desperate enough to take anything, no matter how unsuitable the work is, by taking away their ability to even survive unless they do so,” Arise's Dev Wakeley told Alabama Daily News. |
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WSFA 12, Montgomery: Think Big Alabama empowers residents to make change they want to see
Alabama Arise and Alabama Values recently wrapped up our joint Think Big Alabama summer grassroots advocacy training. The program equipped participants with tools to advocate for change in their communities and across the state. |
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