Tag: Myron Thompson
AG Steve Marshall demands Alabama abortion clinics “cease and desist operations”...
Attorney General Steve Marshall issued a statement following the U.S. Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade.
“Today is...
Trans people say Alabama license policy puts them at risk
Federal judges this week heard arguments in a challenge to Alabama’s policy requiring a transgender person to undergo full gender reassignment surgery...
Attorneys praise judge’s order to boost Alabama prison staff
Attorneys for inmates praised a sweeping ruling issued Monday by a federal judge that will require Alabama’s prison system to make changes in inmate...
Attorneys reviewing judge’s order on prison staffing, care
Attorneys for inmates say they are reviewing a federal judge’s ruling that extended a deadline for Alabama to increase prison staffing but also ordered...
Alabama prison staffing numbers fell over 12 months
The Alabama prison system, already understaffed and facing a federal court order to boost employment numbers, saw the number of correctional staff...
Prison commissioner stepping down from troubled department
Alabama Corrections Commissioner Jeff Dunn is stepping down after six years leading the troubled system that faces a Justice Department lawsuit over...
Prison staffing levels will be issue on DOJ lawsuit
A federal judge said prison staffing levels can remain an issue in the U.S. Department of Justice’s lawsuit against Alabama but said...
Kay Ivey backs SCOTUS case that could overturn Roe v Wade
Gov. Kay Ivey has joined 11 other Republican governors in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the Roe v. Wade abortion-rights decision,...
Bruce Boynton, who inspired 1961 Freedom Rides, dies at 83
Bruce Carver Boynton, a civil rights pioneer from Alabama who inspired the landmark “Freedom Rides” of 1961, has died. He was 83.
Former...
Communities oppose new state mega-prisons near them
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey’s administration is negotiating with private companies to build three new mega-prisons as part of a solution to the...
