Alabama House and Senate clash over bills, gaming as 2024 session concludes yahoo.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yahoo.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Let's Talk About the State Bill That Could Jail Librarians... wlrh.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wlrh.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Education budget pending, tensions building as Alabama Legislature reaches last day yahoo.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yahoo.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
If someone handed you sheets of Census data on Shelby County, it wouldn’t take long to see how fast it’s growing. The population jumped 14% between 2010 and 2020. That’s a number most governments would throw an Animal House-type celebration over. But in Shelby, it represented a fall from the 36% growth of the decade […] The post Doesn’t Shelby County have actual problems to address? appeared first on Alabama Reflector.
Archibald: Alabama kowtows to censors, moves to criminalize librarians al.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from al.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
What passed in the Alabama Legislature: April 24-26, 2024 yahoo.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yahoo.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Alabama House of Representatives Thursday passed a bill that could lead to the arrest of librarians if a person accuses them of distributing obscene or harmful materials to minors or exposes them to people dressed in revealing clothing. HB 385, sponsored by Rep. Arnold Mooney, R-Indian Springs, also expands the term “sexual conduct” in […] The post Alabama House passes bill that could lead to prosecutions of librarians appeared first on Alabama Reflector.
The Alabama House of Representatives Thursday passed a set of bills aimed at improving the state’s low workforce participation rate. The “Working for Alabama” package, which has the support of Gov. Kay Ivey and legislative leaders from both parties, aims to increase access to work through a combination of education programs and tax credits encouraging […] The post Alabama House passes ‘Working for Alabama’ package appeared first on Alabama Reflector.
First Amendment and free speech advocates have expressed alarm over state legislation that they say could restrict access to materials and discourage people from becoming librarians. HB 385, sponsored by Rep. Arnold Mooney, R-Indian Springs, was approved by the House State Government Committee last Wednesday after a public hearing. The bill declares a public nuisance […] The post Advocates fear Alabama House bills could lead to prosecutions of librarians appeared first on Alabama Reflector.
Alabama pushes two bills to restrict what's in the library: 'It's creating a nanny state.' al.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from al.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.