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The Alabama Reflector is an independent, nonprofit news outlet dedicated to covering state government and politics in the state of Alabama.
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Via Jennifer Shutt and Ariana Figueroa: The U.S. Senate returned to Capitol Hill on Tuesday following a four-day weekend, but neither Republicans nor Democrats appeared ready to work toward ending the government shutdown following another failed vote to advance a short-term funding bill.
Trump targets ‘Democratic programs’ as shutdown standoff heads for third week | Alabama Reflector
Democrats continued to call for extensions of Affordable Care Act tax credits and guarantees the White House would not impound funding.
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Via Stateline: Parcels of land owned by faith-based organizations are starting to become a part of the housing solution for some states. At the same time, some skeptics question whether the movement could strip local communities of having a say in neighborhood development. https://ow.ly/FlVs50XaZJT
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Via Piper Hutchinson and Louisiana Illuminator: The U.S. Supreme Court will hear new arguments Wednesday over Louisiana’s congressional maps in case that could have major implications for Alabama's congressional districts and the Voting Rights Act. https://ow.ly/lBPl50Xb6Qp
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Via Anna Barrett: Former U.S. Attorney and U.S. Sen. Doug Jones and former Alabama Attorney General Bill Baxley on Friday discussed the prosecutions of the men responsible for the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing. https://ow.ly/BJgq50Xab5t
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Via Ralph Chapoco: A state bar association last week sharply criticized the U.S. Department of Justice for bringing felony charges against an attorney in a lawsuit challenging Alabama’s gender-affirming care ban. https://ow.ly/BoFe50XaO2e
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Via Shauneen Miranda: The U.S. Department of Agriculture is infusing $300 million into a key federal nutrition program to keep it running through October, while a government shutdown continues without an apparent end poin https://ow.ly/f26B50XaO1T
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Via Shauneen Miranda: The U.S. Department of Agriculture is infusing $300 million into a key federal nutrition program to keep it running through October, while a government shutdown continues without an apparent end poin https://ow.ly/f26B50XaO1T
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Via Maryland Matters: Work began last month to restore the prominent memorial honoring Thurgood Marshall, the first Black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, but stopped almost as quickly as scaffolding was erected behind the bronze statue of the Maryland native. https://ow.ly/Ka4L50XaBeN
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In the wake of a Montgomery shooting, state GOP leaders accused city officials of not taking public safety seriously. Editor Brian Lyman writes that Republicans can't be taken seriously on the issue when they've flooded Alabama with the No. 1 threat to public safety: guns. https://ow.ly/jAgZ50Xa3mo
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Just three states — Arkansas, Idaho and Virginia — enacted laws this session that establish or amend rules for law enforcement agencies using automated license plate readers. https://ow.ly/Zliy50XaAn0
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In the wake of a Montgomery shooting, state GOP leaders accused city officials of not taking public safety seriously. Editor Brian Lyman writes that Republicans can't be taken seriously on the issue when they've flooded Alabama with the No. 1 threat to public safety: guns. https://ow.ly/jAgZ50Xa3mo
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The new HBO documentary, "The Alabama Solution," tells the story of the state's prison crisis through video shot in Alabama's correctional facilities by people incarcerated in them. https://ow.ly/XOU650Xa7HS
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Via Inside Climate News: Despite opposition from residents, local and state environmental groups and the NAACP, the entire Bessemer city council—save one absent member—voted last week to amend the city’s zoning code to allow the location of data centers in certain areas. https://ow.ly/7K3250X9Sac
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Via Jacob Fischler: Trump left open the possibility of scrapping or adjusting the additional tariffs before November, saying in the Oval Office late Friday that “We’re gonna have to see what happens.”
Trump pledges additional 100% tariffs on China by Nov. 1 | Alabama Reflector
The two countries imposed escalating trade barriers on one another since Trump announced wide-ranging tariffs in early April.
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My column from Monday. Don’t call it “self-deportation.” Two immigrants living in Alabama were detained despite having no criminal records. They were coerced into leaving the country. It reflects an immigration system whose single goal is creating a class of people outside the law.
Immigrating legally shouldn't be hard. Harassing immigrants shouldn't be easy. | Alabama Reflector
You can't immigrate to the United States "the right way" when the system makes it effectively impossible to come to the country legally.
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Via ProPublica: When 19-year-old Jorge Ruiz walked into the Autauga County Jail in handcuffs on Oct. 28, 2018, he wasn’t a typical suspect. He was out of place and in big trouble in a deeply conservative part of Alabama. https://ow.ly/qfkO50Xa1gq
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Leaders in the tech industry have enjoyed an overall deregulatory attitude under the Trump administration, but antitrust experts say the administration’s hands-off approach could end up hurting American companies’ ability to innovate and compete on a global scale. https://ow.ly/bAoL50Xa1Oa
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Via Jennifer Shutt: The Trump administration announced Friday it had begun mass layoffs of federal employees, a step not taken during previous government shutdowns and one that could significantly reshape the size and scope of the government.
‘Substantial’ layoffs of federal workers launched by Trump administration amid shutdown | Alabama Reflector
Labor unions that represent federal workers indicated they plan to let the judicial system determine whether the layoffs are legal.
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Commentary by Katie Owens-Murphy: "(Alabama) should no longer claim to speak on behalf of survivors if it only acknowledges pain that can be harnessed for vengeance. It does not know what to do with survivors like Will Berry who insist on restorative justice." https://ow.ly/E4qE50X9ijW