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The analysis places Alabama at No. 43, below bordering states Tennessee, Georgia, and Mississippi.

A recent report ranked Alabama as the seventh-worst state in women’s equality.  WalletHub, a personal finance website, compared all 50 states across 17 metrics, including work hours gap, unemployment rate gap and executive positions gap, to determine where women receive the most equal treatment.  Each metric was graded on a 100-point scale, with a score … Continued

In 2019, Heritage Action ranks Tennessee Valley Congressman Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, number one out of 435 Congressmen, with a 100 percent grade, for his support of America’s foundational principles. “Heritage Action is on the front lines of the battle to protect America’s foundational principles from Congressional mischief,” Brooks said in a statement. “I thank them … Continued

On Thursday, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey and Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh summed up Alabama governance quite nicely in an eight-page bill and a one-page press release. The bill, filed by Marsh, would effectively kill the state school board, replacing it with an appointed bunch of bureaucrats who would be beholden the clowns who … Continued

As a state, Alabama traditionally ranks from pretty terrible to just plain awful in child welfare. If Alabama were a parent, it would be reported to DHR for child neglect. If we’re that bad in child welfare, you only get one guess where Alabama stands in animal welfare. Right. Below awful. That doesn’t mean we … Continued

Alabama workers with disabilities are leaving jobs in the state, but nationally, workers with disabilities started working at 111,804 jobs. According to the 2018 Annual Disability Statistics Compendium, Alabama has 418,429 workers with disabilities, ages 18 to 64. However, only 112,030 are employed. From last year, 3,769 people with disabilities left the workforce, and the … Continued

For too long, a problem of epic proportion has been growing outside of the headlines in the United States: the opioid epidemic.  The reality is that we can no longer wait to take action.  Drug overdose is now a leading cause of death in the United States.  One hundred seventy-five Americans are dying every day … Continued