Via @shauneenmiranda: A congressional watchdog in a new report called on the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights to improve its enforcement of Title IX compliance in college athletics. alabamareflector.com/2024/05/11/eve…

Via Elisha Brown: Polling shows that interfaith views on abortion may not be as simple as they appear during political debate, where the voices of white evangelical legislators and advocates can be the loudest.alabamareflector.com/2024/05/11/rel…

The @pulitzerprizes Monday named Alabama Reflector Editor Brian Lyman a finalist for Commentary. Read his nominated entries here. If you like what you see, consider supporting our work journalism with a newsletter subscription or donation. alabamareflector.com/2024/05/06/pul… #alpolitics

Via Alander Rocha and Jemma K Stephenson: For the last time this year (we hope): Here's a list of the bills that passed the Alabama Legislature this week, the final week of the 2024 regular session. alabamareflector.com/2024/05/10/wha… #alpolitics

Via Ralph Chapoco: For Mother's Day, social justice groups, including one in Birmingham, are raising money to bail out Black mothers and caregivers from pretrial detention, a practice whose use has exploded in the last four decades. alabamareflector.com/2024/05/10/gro… #alpolitics

Via Jackie Llanos and The Florida Phoenix: A public school chaplain bill failed in the Alabama Legislature this year. That's becoming a pattern for similar legislation in other conservative-dominated governments. alabamareflector.com/2024/05/10/sch… #alpolitics

Via Jemma K Stephenson: The $9.3 billion education budget, a record in nominal terms, passed as House members criticized the Senate for defeating a gambling package many wanted to use to fund COLA increases for retirees. alabamareflector.com/2024/05/10/ala… #alpolitics

Via @kelciemmorris: Though the FDA approved Opill, a hormonal, over-the-counter birth control pill, in May 2023, it didn’t reach online retailers or the shelves of major drug stores across the country until a couple of months ago.  alabamareflector.com/2024/05/10/one…

Via Alander Rocha and Jemma K Stephenson: The 2024 Alabama legislative session concluded Thursday amid tensions between the House and Senate over the pace of bill passage and a House attempt to salvage something from the gambling package. alabamareflector.com/2024/05/10/ala… #alpolitics

Via Ariana Figueroa: The proposed rule would allow asylum officers to issue a denial within days if there is evidence that a migrant is ineligible to claim asylum due to ties to terrorism, a threat to national security or a criminal background. alabamareflector.com/2024/05/09/asy…

Via Ralph Chapoco: The lawsuit filed on behalf of the Alabama Library Association, Read Freely Alabama and library patrons alleges age-restrictive policies imposed in February violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution. alabamareflector.com/2024/05/09/aut… #alpolitics

Via @maddyfitzwrites and @Stateline_news: Without additional funding from Congress, more than 23 million households in the Affordable Connectivity Program have begun to lose discounts allowing them to pay for internet service. alabamareflector.com/2024/05/09/as-…

Via Jemma K Stephenson: The bill, which could get final passage on Thursday, would align Alabama with the minority of states that require students to attend kindergarten. alabamareflector.com/2024/05/09/fir… #alpolitics

Via Alander Rocha: The 2025 education budget and several controversial pieces of legislation are awaiting action as the Alabama Legislature hits the final day of the 2024 legislative session. alabamareflector.com/2024/05/09/edu… #alpolitics

Via Jemma K Stephenson: The bills are an attempt to improve benefits for retirees. Education retirees have not had a cost-of-living increase since 2007. alabamareflector.com/2024/05/08/ala… #alpolitics

Via Ralph Chapoco: Gov. Kay Ivey set a September execution date for Alan Eugene Miller, convicted of murdering three coworkers in 1999. The state plans to execute Miller by nitrogen gas. It would be the second to use the method. alabamareflector.com/2024/05/08/gov… #alpolitics

Via Jennifer Shutt: The FDA commissioner said at a congressional hearing Wednesday the agency is preparing for the possibility the strain of avian influenza affecting dairy cattle could jump to humans, though he cautioned the probability is low. alabamareflector.com/2024/05/08/fda…

Via Ralph Chapoco: A proposal to change Alabama's ethics laws -- which the sponsor said would make them easier to understand and critics said would weaken the existing statute -- died in a Senate committee on Wednesday. alabamareflector.com/2024/05/08/leg… #alpolitics

Via Jemma K Stephenson: A committee of legislators Wednesday approved a bill establishing an new entity to oversee a Jefferson County agriculture center after a senator threatened to stop other legislation from passing if the bill did not move. alabamareflector.com/2024/05/08/agr… #alpolitics

Via Alander Rocha: The bill would also provide procedures for returning disruptive students to class and authorize the principal to suspend a student excluded from a class three times in a month. alabamareflector.com/2024/05/08/ala… #alpolitics