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The Alabama Senate Thursday approved a bill that would ban the public funding of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and leave teachers or employees who use “divisive concepts” subject to potential termination. The 26-7 party line vote came after an hours-long filibuster from Democratic senators, who managed to get amendments on the bill. SB […] The post ‘Divisive concepts,’ anti-DEI bill passes Alabama Senate appeared first on Alabama Reflector.

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Lawmakers began scrambling for ways to protect Alabama in vitro fertilization services after multiple providers paused services in the wake of a state Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos could be considered children under a state law. Facing a wave of shock and anger from the decision, legislators prepared separate proposals in the House and Senate that would seek to prevent a fertilized egg from being recognized as a human life or an unborn child under state laws until it is implanted in a woman's uterus. Justices cited sweeping language that the GOP-controlled Legislature and vot...

A weekday morning synopsis of West Alabama news, sports and weather.

Gov. Kay Ivey said bills focusing on gambling, elections and education were among her top priorities during her State of the State address Tuesday, Feb. 6. The same day Alabama