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The real scandal in Alabama's transgender youth care ban

2 days ago | alabamareflector.com | Brian Lyman

This much we know: Alabama’s gender-affirming care ban will be law for the foreseeable future. Attorneys for transgender young people and their families sued to overturn it. But after a three-year battle, the plaintiffs and the state moved to dismiss the lawsuit.
Gov. Kay Ivey signs grocery tax cut into law

5 days ago | alabamareflector.com | Alander Rocha

by Alander Rocha, Alabama Reflector May 9, 2025 Gov. Kay Ivey Friday signed a bill reducing the state sales tax on groceries. HB 386, sponsored by Rep. Danny Garrett, R-Trussville, will cut the state share of the tax from 3% to 2% effective Sept. 1. “When we can reduce taxes in Alabama and provide some relief to the hardworking people of this state, I am all for it. I was pleased to sign House Bill 386 to take another notch off our state grocery tax,” Ivey said in a statement.
What passed in the Alabama Legislature: May 6-7, 2025

5 days ago | alabamareflector.com | Anna Barrett |Alander Rocha

Here are the bills that passed the Alabama Legislature this week. Tuesday, May 6 HouseSB 211, sponsored by Sen. Kirk Hatcher, D-Montgomery, requires local school superintendents or their designees to serve as the primary liaison with law enforcement for school bus safety incidents. The bill passed 94-0. It goes to Gov. Kay Ivey. SB 280, sponsored by Sen.
Attorney: University of Alabama student detained by ICE chooses to return to Iran

5 days ago | alabamareflector.com | Ralph Chapoco

by Ralph Chapoco, Alabama Reflector May 9, 2025 A University of Alabama graduate student detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement for more than 40 days said he wants to return to Iran, his home country. David Rozas, an attorney representing Alireza Doroudi, said in a statement Thursday that Douroudi made the decision after a hearing in Jena, Louisiana, where he was taken by authorities after ICE agents took him into custody in March.
Alabama board overseeing local libraries further defines term 'sexually explicit'

5 days ago | alabamareflector.com | Ralph Chapoco

by Ralph Chapoco, Alabama Reflector May 9, 2025 The Alabama Public Library Service board Thursday adopted a definition of the term “sexually explicit” after advocates and local library officials throughout the state said that the term — the center of controversies over book content around the state — was vague and hard to comply with. The new definition is taken from the state’s criminal code defining adult bookstores and adult movie houses.
Huntsville Starbucks headed for union vote

5 days ago | alabamareflector.com | Megan Plotka

A group of LGBTQ+ baristas is working to unionize a Starbucks in Huntsville for what they hope will help create a more fair and equitable workplace for everyone. If successful, the store on Memorial Parkway would be the third organized Starbucks outlet in Alabama, after stores in Scottsboro and Birmingham. The organizing team wants to join Starbucks Workers United (SBWU), the union that represents over 570 union Starbucks stores, out of about 15,000 outlets in total.
Trump cites US need in fast-tracking Alabama coal build-out. Most of that coal is exported.

6 days ago | alabamareflector.com | Lee Hedgepeth

This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. BROOKWOOD — The Trump administration has announced it will aim to fast track the permitting and environmental review of a major coal mine expansion in central Alabama as part of a larger effort to accelerate the construction of what the government has labeled “critical mineral” infrastructure.
Alabama House and Senate clash over local legislation as session nears end

6 days ago | alabamareflector.com | Alander Rocha |Anna Barrett

The Alabama Legislature ground to a halt on Wednesday afternoon amid a dispute between the Alabama House and a senator over a gambling bill for Greene County. The stand-off on the next-to-last legislative day of the session punctuated a tense day in the chambers that saw another filibuster on a bill that would change the governance of the Alabama Department of Archives and History and two Republican representatives getting into a shouting match on the House floor.
Alabama schedules third execution of the year

1 week ago | alabamareflector.com | Ralph Chapoco

by Ralph Chapoco, Alabama Reflector May 7, 2025 Gov. Kay Ivey Wednesday set a June execution date for Gregory Hunt, 65, for his role in the murder of Karen Lane in 1988. The execution, scheduled for June 10, would be the third in Alabama this year and the second to use nitrogen gas. According to court documents, Lane was in an apartment she was visiting on Aug. 2, 1988 when Hunt broke in and sexually assaulted and murdered Lane. Hunt was convicted on three counts of murder.
Alabama lawmakers send Juneteenth holiday bill to Gov. Kay Ivey

1 week ago | alabamareflector.com | Alander Rocha

by Alander Rocha, Alabama Reflector May 7, 2025 The Alabama Senate Wednesday gave final approval to a bill making Juneteenth a state holiday in Alabama. HB 165, sponsored by Rep. Rick Rehm, R-Dothan, closes state government offices on June 19 for the holiday, which celebrates the end of slavery in the U.S. The bill passed on a 13-5 vote. Nearly half of the Senate body abstained from voting. Sen. Tim Melson, R-Decatur; Sen. Larry Stutts, R-Tuscambia; Sen. Shay Shelnutt, R-Trussville; Sen.