The progressives won again
Meta — the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp — will be building an $800 million data center in Alabama’s capitol city.
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Senate committee passes anti-ESG bill
The bill would prevent Alabama’s pension funds from investing with any asset manager that considers relevant Environmental, Social and Governance risks.
Anti-ESG bill filed in House
The bill, filed by Rep. Chris Brown, R-Hollinger’s Island, is quite different from the bill that passed in the House without debate last session.
Gov. Ivey signs anti-ESG bill into law
It blocks governments in the state from contracting with businesses that boycott other businesses over environmental, social and governance standards.
House passes anti-ESG bill without debate
The bill applies to every governmental entitity in the state, including counties and municipalities.
Anti-ESG bill passes Senate
The body approved an anti-environmental, social, and governance bill on a 27-8 vote.
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Following the lead of other red states, Alabama wants to punish investors in firms that follow ESG standard scoring.
Senate committee approves anti-ESG bill
The bill would prevent the state from contracting with companies that "boycott" other state companies using environmental, social and governance standards.
Education budget includes $1M for Troy program combatting “woke capitalism”
The money is directed to the Free Enterprise Scholars program, a new program at Troy.