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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 15h

Via Anna Claire Vollers and Stateline: A court battle that began when conservative-led states sued to block protections for transgender people has ended in a rollback of protections for people with disabilities — a result disability advocates have feared for months. ow.ly/z4nu50ZTXxk

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 03/10/2026

Gen Z women are more likely than Gen Z men to consider themselves feminist, identify as liberal and Democrat, support abortion access, and believe society should not return to traditional gender norms, according to a new poll from 19thnews and YouGov America. ow.ly/iY9U50ZTXkI

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 02/10/2026

Via Stateline: Kalshi, Polymarket and the Coalition for Prediction Markets have spent at least $3 million this year on lobbying and campaign contributions across the federal and state levels, according to a new report from the government watchdog group OpenSecrets. ow.ly/7hnU50ZTWJz

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 02/10/2026

Via Ralph Chapoco: Metro Huntsville could have some of the most competitive state legislative elections in Alabama this November. And the region's rising housing costs and mounting infrastructure needs are prominent in many campaigns. ow.ly/f4cu50ZTIgO

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 02/10/2026

Via Maine Morning Star: Gen Z is identifying with political independents at a significantly higher rate than any previous generation at the same age. But Gen Z’s ideological gender gap is driven more by women moving further left than men moving further right. ow.ly/ZJya50ZTIK0

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 02/10/2026

Via Tennessee Lookout: Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has ordered a third-party review of the botched execution of Christa Pike and put a hold on state executions for the rest of the year. ow.ly/mZ8Z50ZTJbE

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 01/10/2026

Via Jacob Fischler: President Donald Trump is scheduled to kick off a month-long blitz of campaign stops with events in GOP-friendly states, including a Thursday rally in deep-red Oklahoma and a Friday evening event in Mobile. ow.ly/R0mW50ZTvOi

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 01/10/2026

Via Anna Barrett: As enrollment in the Affordable Care Act in Alabama drops, recent threatened disenrollments could impact the state’s health as a whole, experts say. ow.ly/eIiH50ZTkcp

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 01/10/2026

Via Andrea Tinker: In next month’s election for commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, Alabama voters will choose between a mayor and a former state agriculture commissioner. ow.ly/nkJI50ZTkaF

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 01/10/2026

Via Ashley Murray: U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer indicated Wednesday that should Democrats regain control of the chamber, they plan to block judicial nominees sent up by President Donald Trump, including for any possible vacancies on the Supreme Court. ow.ly/YhJg50ZTkFe

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 30/09/2026

Via Stateline: Twelve states — Republican and Democratic alike — have recently passed bills authorizing residents to install plug-in solar systems, also known as balcony solar. Nine have been signed into law, while three are awaiting signatures from a governor. ow.ly/RHOq50ZT68j

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 30/09/2026

Via Ben Sessoms: After nearly a year of discussion among the governing body for Alabama Public Television to drop Public Broadcast Service programming, a survey released Tuesday showed majority support from the public to continue its affiliation with PBS. ow.ly/Ynr750ZSV0u

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 30/09/2026

Via Andrea Tinker: Members of the Alabama State Board of Education expressed concerns with virtual school performance at a meeting earlier this month. ow.ly/GmUj50ZSUyn

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 30/09/2026

Via Jennifer Shutt: The Trump administration must spend the $810 million that it said last week it planned to cancel, according to a report released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office. ow.ly/sCKf50ZSTZl

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 30/09/2026

Via Ariana Figueroa: The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday granted, for now, the Trump administration’s request to continue rapid third-country deportation of immigrants to countries not their own. ow.ly/kPsM50ZSTXa

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 29/09/2026

Via Kelcie Moseley-Morris and Stateline: Some anti-abortion advocates fear Democratic victories in November could pose the most serious threat to the Hyde Amendment, barring federal funding for abortions, since the party nearly repealed the amendment in 2022. ow.ly/fxHL50ZSC6K

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 29/09/2026

A bipartisan measure to overhaul the college sports landscape got a step closer to becoming law Monday after passing the U.S. Senate amid criticism from some Democrats for not distinguishing student-athletes as employees with labor rights. ow.ly/umWY50ZSBTb

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 29/09/2026

Via Ralph Chapoco: A new facility at a Perry County education center for people on parole and probation aims to train more people for manufacturing jobs and help them understand the situations they will find with employers. ow.ly/xEXh50ZSsPn

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 29/09/2026

Via Jonathan Shorman: Five weeks before Election Day, President Donald Trump’s sprawling effort to identify and remove noncitizen voters hasn’t produced the kind of large purges that could meaningfully affect the midterm elections. ow.ly/WWLY50ZSsMh

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 29/09/2026

Via Ashley Murray: Small businesses will once again challenge President Donald Trump’s tariffs in federal court this week as they continue to feel the squeeze of the administration’s roller coaster policy on import taxes. ow.ly/AZ0850ZSsOk

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 28/09/2026

Via Stateline: The signs, text messages and mailers promise cash, quick sales and a means of unloading unwanted homes. But advocates say buying homes for cash can confuse vulnerable homeowners and rob them of home equity. And now, many states are cracking down. ow.ly/QJRz50ZSb8t

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 28/09/2026

Editor Brian Lyman writes that Tommy Tuberville's disturbing attacks on transgender people and odd tangents about furries last week reflect a candidate who can't seem to stay on script, which could cause headaches for GOP legislators should he enter the governor's mansion. ow.ly/QMBz50ZRG9q

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 28/09/2026

Via Anna Barrett: The contest for Alabama Secretary of State features two candidates with contrasting visions for running the office. ow.ly/PQOm50ZREJ2

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 27/09/2026

Via Kelcie Moseley-Morris and Stateline: A group of maternal-fetal medicine specialists has developed new guidelines to help providers in states with abortion bans to navigate legal risks for themselves and medical challenges for their high-risk patients. ow.ly/Ic1I50ZRv6U

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 26/09/2026

Via Amanda Watford and Stateline: The CDC’s latest Youth Risk Behavior Report, a full-color publication with photos, graphics and high school success stories, offers a markedly different portrait of adolescent health than the one it published two years ago. ow.ly/mIEw50ZRvPU

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 25/09/2026

Via Andrea Tinker: Alabama's two Republican U.S. senators this week relaunched attacks on transgender Americans, with U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville calling for the arrests of doctors providing gender-affirming care and "mental institutions" for transgender people. ow.ly/Yr8850ZReGA

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 25/09/2026

Via Ralph Chapoco: Everett Wess, the Democratic nominee for Alabama's U.S. Senate seat, is trying to capitalize on a favorable national environment for his party even as he faces long odds in Alabama. ow.ly/HYsP50ZR9mH

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 25/09/2026

Via Ariana Figueroa: A government report released Thursday found the Department of Homeland Security wasted more than $20 million in federal funding in its rapid expansion of immigration detention, including warehouse purchases strongly opposed in many communities. ow.ly/938O50ZR932

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 24/09/2026

Via Andrea Tinker: The Alabama State Employees Insurance Board Wednesday voted to increase premiums for state employees and dependents, citing rising healthcare costs and concerns over the stability of the program. ow.ly/UnCK50ZQOGC

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 24/09/2026

Via Ralph Chapoco: Alabama's attorney general has power under law to intervene on behalf of the public in electricity rate hearings. With the state paying some of the region's highest residential power bills, do candidates for the office plan to use that power? ow.ly/1Sj050ZQNTT

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 24/09/2026

Via Jennifer Shutt: U.S. District Court Judge Timothy J. Kelly indicated during a Wednesday hearing he may order the Trump administration to reinstate White House press passes for reporters from three news organizations who had their credentials revoked this weekend. ow.ly/rVUN50ZQOkw

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 24/09/2026

Via Anna Claire Vollers and Stateline: This fall, voters in at least nine states will decide whether to cut, cap or raise taxes through ballot measures that will give them a direct hand in steering state tax policy in a conservative or progressive direction. ow.ly/3pjU50ZQElR

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 23/09/2026

Via Sofia Resnick and Stateline: A new survey found more than half of women of reproductive age have seen or heard the false claim that hormones in contraceptives are harmful. Four in 10 have encountered the false idea that they limit the chance of future pregnancies. ow.ly/G5Kc50ZQCSz

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 23/09/2026

Via Ralph Chapoco: A task force seeking ways to lower Alabama's recidivism rate could soon vote on a legal definition for the term, critical to gauging the success of the state's re-entry programs. ow.ly/7Heh50ZQnuI

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 23/09/2026

In this commentary, Catherine Dorrough reflects on mounting attacks on LGBTQ+ communities, and "an ember of hope whenever the narrow-minded chorus from elected officials and religious leaders becomes especially obnoxious." ow.ly/UxBE50ZQlFy

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 23/09/2026

Via Ariana Figueroa: A New Hampshire federal judge suggested during a Tuesday hearing that a civil rights group may have to bring a new lawsuit to challenge to block President Donald Trump’s second attempt to redefine the constitutional right to birthright citizenship. ow.ly/tEfu50ZQn7V

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 23/09/2026

Via Stateline: An eight-state coalition filed lawsuits Tuesday challenging the Trump administration’s payments to private companies to cancel offshore wind leases, escalating an ongoing legal battle over the government spending billions of dollars to block wind projects. ow.ly/45Ww50ZQn17

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 22/09/2026

Via Sofia Resnick and Stateline: The trial of Lindsay Clancy has spurred Massachusetts to boost mental health support for new mothers, following the actions of several other states this year. ow.ly/pzc750ZQ8nA

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 22/09/2026

Via Andrea Tinker: Alabama’s school voucher program is set to go universal at the beginning of next year, but public perception of the effectiveness of the program is split and candidates sort down party lines about its future. ow.ly/limF50ZPTEG

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 22/09/2026

Via Ashley Murray: Diesel prices hit a record average of $6.51 a gallon Monday, and some in President Donald Trump’s own party are breaking their support for the ongoing war in Iran that has driven fuel prices to staggering levels in the United States and across the globe. ow.ly/i0zH50ZPS2n

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 22/09/2026

Via Nada Hassanein and Stateline: Medicaid enrollees from five states and leading medical organizations filed a lawsuit Friday challenging new Medicaid work requirements. ow.ly/fenh50ZPRIl

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 22/09/2026

Via Kelcie Moseley-Morris and Stateline: A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit challenging changes to the way grants are awarded under a program that provides funding for services such as family planning and reproductive health wellness exams. ow.ly/ii4750ZPKcR

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 21/09/2026

Via Stateline: The Trump administration’s top wildlife official issued a directive last week that expands a recent rollback of endangered species protections much further than the feds had told the public. ow.ly/XyRP50ZPKEy

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 21/09/2026

Editor Brian Lyman writes that the emerging political consensus to dump Alabama's grocery tax is encouraging. But it's just one of many ways the state puts the burden of government on those least able to pay, and increases costs for all of us. ow.ly/oc5h50ZOOhL

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 21/09/2026

Via Ralph Chapoco: Several Alabama Republican Party candidates have expressed worries about signs of flagging GOP enthusiasm in the fall campaign and fear it could give Democrats a boost in November. ow.ly/FQ0g50ZPmYU

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 21/09/2026

There’s no clear next chapter for congressional action on data centers, as skepticism is coming from critics at the White House and among progressives. The biggest obstacle appears to be President Donald Trump. ow.ly/W1hh50ZPn45

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 20/09/2026

Via Kelcie Moseley-Morris and Stateline: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it’s helping manufacturers increase the supply of estrogen-based hormonal patches and acknowledged a current nationwide shortage as more women experiencing menopause seek hormonal therapies. ow.ly/5yfQ50ZP6KX

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 19/09/2026

Via Jacob Fischler: Common Cause, a nonpartisan pro-democracy organization, and the Democratic Party this week announced separate plans to deploy thousands of volunteers to polling places this November to head off attempts by President Donald Trump to skew election results. ow.ly/mse550ZP6Yx

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 18/09/2026

Via Amanda Watford and Stateline: Students ages 12 to 18 experienced higher rates of reported crime at school than away from school in 2024, according to a new federal analysis. But the overall rate of crime victimization at school has not changed significantly since 2014. ow.ly/JoCC50ZP6xb

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 18/09/2026

Via Anna Barrett: Alabama’s public health officials on Thursday withdrew their objection to the federal rescheduling of marijuana, an objection officials characterized as a procedural move to give the state time to determine how to implement the change. ow.ly/fXG850ZOP1M

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