Tag: Robyn Hyden
Alabama lawmakers approve cut in state’s 4% grocery tax
Alabama families could soon pay less at the grocery store after lawmakers Thursday voted to remove half of the 4% state sales...
Alabama House committee advances bill to cut half of state’s 4%...
Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday advanced legislation to remove half of the state’s 4% sale tax on food, a proposal that has garnered...
As grocery prices soar, push grows to end sales tax on...
Alabama is one of only three states that tax groceries at the same rate as other purchases. But as food prices soar...
New Census data reveals how good policy choices can cut poverty,...
People-friendly federal policies reduced poverty and made it easier for people to get health care in 2021, U.S. Census figures released this...
Richard Shelby, Alabama policy group differ on Inflation Reduction Act
One Republican senator from Alabama and one policy group share differing opinions on the Inflation Reduction Act.
The measure,...
Justin Bogie: In the aftermath of Roe, Alabama should not rush...
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, will Alabama lawmakers make a renewed push to...
Robyn Hyden: We can’t wait another decade: It’s time for Alabama...
It’s been a decade of missed opportunity. On June 28, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in NFIB v. Sebelius that Alabama and other...
Lawmakers advance spending plan for pandemic funds
Legislative committees on Thursday advanced plans to spend more than half of the state’s available $772 million in pandemic relief funds for...
Lawmakers fast-track COVID-19 liability protection bill
The Alabama Senate on Thursday swiftly approved legislation that would provide businesses and others protection from liability in coronavirus-related lawsuits, provided the...
Alabama Arise and other organizations urge Kay Ivey to spend CARES...
With less than two months to spend $1 billion in CARES Act Funds, dozens of organizations have written a letter urging Governor...
