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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Alabama Newsletter for Thursday May 02, 2024 ( 2 items )  

Center for Constitutional Rights: Imprisoned Workers Bring State Lawsuit to Abolish Involuntary Servitude in Alabama's Prisons
MONTGOMERY, Alabama, May 2 -- The Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following news release: On International Workers' Day, six incarcerated people are bringing a state court lawsuit (https://ccrjustice.org/sites/default/files/attach/2024/05/Stanley%20v.%20Ivey%20-%20Complaint%20-%20FILED_0.pdf) against Alabama Governor Kay Ivey and Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) Commissioner John Hamm with the goal of abolishing involuntary servitude in the state's prisons. They are asking a  more

Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Applaud Alabama House Lawmakers' Passage of HB36, Bill to Ban Pistols That Have Been Converted Into Machine Guns
MONTGOMERY, Alabama, May 2 (TNSres) -- Moms Demand Action, a part of Everytown for Gun Safety, issued the following news release: The Alabama chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety's grassroots network, released the following statements in response to Alabama House lawmakers passing HB36, introduced by Representative Ensler, on Tuesday night, which would ban the possession of pistols outfitted with devices that convert them into machine   more