Tag: Alabama State Legislature
1st elected Alabama Black Republican: GOP ‘open to everyone’
PELHAM, Ala. — The first Black Republican elected to the Alabama Legislature since Reconstruction said Wednesday that his election to represent a heavily white...
Alabama elects first Black Republican to House in 140 years
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Retired Army Sgt. Kenneth Paschal on Tuesday was elected to fill a legislative seat in suburban Shelby County, becoming the only...
1st elected Alabama Black Republican: GOP ‘open to everyone’
PELHAM, Ala. — The first Black Republican elected to the Alabama Legislature since Reconstruction said Wednesday that his election to represent a heavily white...
Families, doctors urge Alabama to reject trans treatment ban
<p>MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Transgender youth, parents and advocates on Tuesday urged the Alabama House of Representatives, as well as the state’s governor, to reject...
Families, doctors urge Alabama to reject trans treatment ban
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Transgender youth, parents and advocates on Tuesday urged the Alabama House of Representatives, as well as the state’s governor, to reject...
Proposal in Alabama to up protection for Confederate statues
<p>MONTGOMERY, Ala. — An Alabama lawmaker who disputes that slavery was the cause of the Civil War has proposed fining cities $10,000 a day...
Proposal in Alabama to up protection for Confederate statues
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — An Alabama lawmaker who disputes that slavery was the cause of the Civil War has proposed fining cities $10,000 a day...
Alabama senators want Confederate tax to fund Black history
<p>MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Two Alabama state senators say they want to divert part of a statewide property tax tied to the legacy of the...
Alabama senators want Confederate tax to fund Black history
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Two Alabama state senators say they want to divert part of a statewide property tax tied to the legacy of the...
Alabama yoga bill stalls after conservative groups object
<p>MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama's decades-old ban on yoga in public schools could stay in place a little longer following push-back from conservative groups who...