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Alabama’s $375 million plan to transform schools: How much money will your school get?
Currently, school funding in Alabama is based on enrollment; schools receive about $7,700 from the state for each student ...
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Alabama kids: Poverty and foster care numbers rise, but so do reading and math rankings
In 2022, about 35,932 children were subject to an investigated abuse and neglect report in Alabama. 2. More kids are living in poverty. Since 2000, child poverty has been steadily climbing in ...
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'Period poverty goes hand in hand with general poverty': Alabama one of 20 states with tax on feminine products
with general poverty. We have a lot of food deserts in Alabama. And so that access to period products is just limited in the same way that grocery access is limited. So, we are finding that a lot ...
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Trump Announces ‘Termination’ of ‘Illegal DEI’ Settlement Over Raw Sewage in Poor, Majority-Black Alabama Communities
The Trump administration announced Friday that it was terminating a historic settlement aimed at improving wastewater ...
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Victory for Freedom of Expression as Eleventh Circuit Rules Alabama’s Anti-solicitation Laws Unconstitutional
The 2019 lawsuit was aimed at ending the criminalization of homelessness MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law ...
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DOJ ends environmental justice agreement in Alabama county
The U.S. Department of Justice is ending a settlement agreement with Alabama regarding wastewater problems in a rural Alabama ...
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SNAP increase helped lift nearly 3M people out of poverty: Analysis
Child poverty also declined due to the higher benefits ... higher SNAP benefits yielded significant results in places like Alabama; Washington, D.C.; Oklahoma; Rhode Island; and West Virginia ...