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A new bill in Alabama would lift a 30-year ban on yoga in public schools but 'namaste' greetings would be off-limits
The Alabama Board of Education voted in 1993 to prohibit hypnosis, meditation, and yoga in public s…
Bre'Anna Grant
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A federal court forbids Alabama from moving forward with its Supreme Court-defying congressional map
Now, an independent special master and cartographer will draw a map with two majority-Black distric…
Madison Hall
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Alabama is trying to dodge the Supreme Court's order to stop packing Black voters into one district. It's not going to work, a law expert said.
Alabama lawmakers' proposed new election map disregards the Supreme Court's ruling ordering them to…
Rebecca Cohen
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Trump approved of Alabama GOP Senate candidate Mo Brooks needling a Fox News host about the 2020 election: report
Per two individuals with close ties to Trump who spoke with Politico, the former president "was ple…
John L. Dorman
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Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey wins Republican gubernatorial primary
Ivey, a staunch conservative, faced two primary challengers who hammered her from the right on ever…
Grace Panetta
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'How long before they come for us?': Families with trans kids are fundraising to flee Alabama to avoid the brunt of anti-trans laws
Anti-trans legislation in Alabama, which goes into effect May 8, bans doctors from providing gender…
Yelena Dzhanova
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'Our patients just are afraid': Doctors in states neighboring Alabama are preparing for an influx of trans youth after the state passed an anti-trans law
Recent anti-trans legislation in Alabama, which is expected to go into effect May 8, bans doctors f…
Yelena Dzhanova
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Live Results: Alabama is holding elections for its state senate, house, and supreme court
Polls close in the state at 7 p.m. local time, or 8 p.m. EST.
Madison Hall
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An Alabama 'election denier' is leading efforts in the state to withdraw from a national organization that combats voter fraud
Critics say the decision by Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen, a pro-Trump Republican, will make…
Charles R. Davis
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Sen. Tommy Tuberville says Russia is still a 'communist country' and is invading Ukraine because 'they need more farmland'
Tuberville, who sits on the Senate committee overseeing the military, is no stranger to making majo…
Bryan Metzger
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Supreme Court reinstates Alabama's GOP-backed congressional voting map which will likely be in place for the 2022 midterms
A lower court previously ordered lawmakers to redraw the lines, saying the map violated the Voting …
Erin Snodgrass
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Alabama's attorney general threatened to prosecute people seeking abortion pills. A day later, he walked it back.
Even just the threat of punishment can be enough to stoke fear and make life difficult for abortion…
Yelena Dzhanova
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has been vacationing in Costa Rica during one of the most consequential legislative weeks of the year
The congresswoman left the country on Sunday, skipping an address by Ukraine President Volodymyr Ze…
Bryan Metzger
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Alabama passes law forcing teachers and counselors to out transgender students to their parents
The bill also makes it a felony for doctors to prescribe gender-affirming medication, hormones, or …
Rebecca Cohen
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LIVE RESULTS: Katie Britt defeats Mo Brooks in Alabama Republican primary runoff for US Senate
Former President Donald Trump endorsed the former chief of staff for Britt, former chief of staff t…
Hanna Kang,Grace Panetta
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Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville says he'd 'rather be fishing or golfing' before voting against the Capitol riot commission
"We're in the fourth quarter of life," he told reporters, referring to his Senate colleagues. "You …
Eliza Relman
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One of the nation's largest defense contractors just donated tens of thousands to lawmakers voting on Ukraine defense legislation
Raytheon Technologies spent more than $51,000 in April donating to the campaigns of members of Cong…
Madison Hall
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GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene files legislation that would make it a felony to provide gender-affirming medical care to minors
"This practice should never happen," Greene said before delving into surgeries that some transgende…
John L. Dorman
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Trans kids in Alabama are officially banned from playing sports that don't correspond to the gender they were assigned at birth
The Alabama bill is the latest amid a surge of anti-trans bills being considered in state legislatu…
Yelena Dzhanova
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Alabama upholds a ban on yoga in school citing fears of the practice spreading Hinduism
The Alabama Board of Education banned yoga - and the use of the word "namaste" - in schools in 1993.