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Mayor fights to save Black Belt hospital from closing

Thomasville Regional Medical Center is one of just three newly-opened hospitals that haven't received adequate federal COVID aid.

April 13, 2022

Civil, LGBTQ rights groups file suit against bill banning transgender medical care

Doctors face criminal penalties including up to 10 years in prison if they continue to provide medical treatment to transgender children.

April 12, 2022

Alabama families file suit against bill banning transgender medical care

The families allege the new law violates the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution.

April 12, 2022

Madison County nonprofit offers to pay half the cost to expand publication of voter list

United Women of Color has offered to pay half of the additional $7,000 to publish the list in the Black-owned Speakin' Out News.

April 12, 2022

Gov. Kay Ivey signs six tax relief bills into law

Among the bills signed into law is one to exempt some taxable retirement income for older Alabamians and increased deductions for many.

April 12, 2022

Human Rights Campaign condemns anti-LGBTQ laws

Cathryn Oakley, Human Rights Campaign state legislative director and senior counsel, called the bills “the single most anti-transgender legislative package in history.”

April 11, 2022

Former Alabama correctional officer sentenced to prison for beating prisoner

A federal judge sentenced Ulysses Oliver Jr., 47, a former Alabama Department of Corrections Sergeant, to 30 months in prison.

April 11, 2022

Far-right activist cooperating with Justice Department’s broadening Jan. 6 investigation

Ali Alexander has said Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Alabama, helped him plan the scheme to put pressure on Congress during the Electoral College vote.

April 11, 2022

VOICES shares facts, Legislature provides help

Our legislators have made tremendous investments toward improving these statistics, and they are to be commended for it.

April 11, 2022