Chance Phillips

Chance Phillips is a reporter. You can reach him at [email protected].

National

Sen. Britt seeks speedy passage for Laken Riley Act

If passed, states could sue the federal government over immigration decisions responsible for damages of $100 or more.

May 29, 2024

No, Justice Thomas, this isn’t the 1700s

If the Supreme Court won’t protect our most basic rights, we must reconsider whether it truly merits its outsized power.

May 28, 2024

Gun safety organizations draw attention to death of transgender teen in Mobile

Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action attributed a Mobile teenager’s death to anti-transgender bigotry and easy access to guns.

May 27, 2024

UAW petitions National Labor Relations Board to rerun Mercedes election

The UAW’s latest filing adds to the list of legal complaints and investigations Mercedes is currently facing.

May 27, 2024

Proposed 2024 Farm Bill would cut SNAP benefits by nearly $30 billion

Almost 750,000 people in Alabama receive SNAP benefits and could be affected by the proposed cuts.

May 24, 2024

It’s past time to end child labor: No ifs, ands, or buts

Medicaid expansion might not be a bipartisan issue, but we still have a healthily bipartisan pro-child labor caucus in Montgomery.

May 24, 2024

The SPLC Action Fund is looking to support candidates in eight Alabama cities

The SPLC Action Fund plans to support candidates for municipal office in eight Alabama cities in 2025, focusing on underrepresented Black communities and enhancing local representation.

May 23, 2024

Sen. Tuberville continues attacking Social Security funding model

Tuberville says most people won’t receive Social Security benefits, alleging the government has wasted the money.

May 23, 2024

Workers at an electric bus plant in Anniston unionized and won double-digit raises

Thanks to a new law, New Flyer would’ve faced severe penalties if they’d voluntarily recognized the union just months later.

May 22, 2024

Department of Labor claims Mar-Jac Poultry of Alabama used oppressive child labor

The Department of Labor says children worked “on the kill floor deboning poultry and cutting carcasses” in the Jasper factory.

May 22, 2024