Mary Claire Wooten

Mary Claire is a reporter. You can reach her at [email protected].

Health

Prefiled bill would overhaul Alabama’s new hemp regulation law

Senate Bill 1, reintroduced by Sen. April Weaver, would upend the House Bill 445's framework and restrict sales to licensed pharmacies.

June 26, 2025

House Democrats reintroduce abortion rights bill to restore access as Alabama continues enforcing strict post-Dobbs reproductive health bans.

June 25, 2025

Federal cuts threaten to dismantle Alabama’s only statewide legal aid, leaving over one million low-income residents without civil legal support.

June 24, 2025

The Bureau's May statistics represent a continued low grant rate amid talks of reformed guidelines.

June 20, 2025

Alabama’s congressional delegation and state leaders praised the Supreme Court’s decision upholding transgender care bans.

June 19, 2025

Sewell honored Juneteenth while celebrating MLB’s return to Birmingham and Willie Mays Park’s renovation in Fairfield.

June 18, 2025

Salaam Green, Birmingham's inaugural poet laureate, releases "The Other Revival," a poetry book about history and healing in the South.

June 17, 2025

Alabama Values’ Juneteenth event launched “Been Banned” to resist historical erasure and celebrate Black cultural traditions.

June 13, 2025

Trump’s proposed bill could eliminate LIHEAP, a utility assistance program benefitting thousands of low-income Alabama families amid rising heat.

June 12, 2025

The bipartisan legislation would add an additional 14,000 residences over the next seven years, if passed.

June 11, 2025