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Via @fischler.bsky.social: The Trump administration's position was a reversal from the first Trump administration’s 2019 guidance and a shutdown plan the department published Sept. 30, then deleted, and has sparked several court challenges.
Shutdown battle ebbs, but Trump won’t give up trying to withhold full SNAP benefits | Alabama Reflector
The Trump administration's position is a reversal from 2019 guidance and a shutdown plan the department published Sept. 30, then deleted.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Via @fischler.bsky.social: The Trump administration's position was a reversal from the first Trump administration’s 2019 guidance and a shutdown plan the department published Sept. 30, then deleted, and has sparked several court challenges.
Via Jennifer Shutt: President Donald Trump said shortly before the votes were locked in that he plans to follow the agreements included in the revised measure, including the reinstatement of thousands of federal workers who received layoff notices during the shutdown.
US Senate on verge of passing bill to end record-breaking shutdown, House up next | Alabama Reflector
Senators are expected to vote before midnight after they wrap up a series of floor speeches as well as amendment and procedural votes.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Via Jennifer Shutt: President Donald Trump said shortly before the votes were locked in that he plans to follow the agreements included in the revised measure, including the reinstatement of thousands of federal workers who received layoff notices during the shutdown.
Via Jennifer Shutt: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Monday it plans to remove warnings from hormone replacement therapy drugs that can be used to address symptoms of menopause, saying the statements are no longer needed. https://ow.ly/hCwJ50XpEvM
November 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Via Jennifer Shutt: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Monday it plans to remove warnings from hormone replacement therapy drugs that can be used to address symptoms of menopause, saying the statements are no longer needed. https://ow.ly/hCwJ50XpEvM
Via Ariana Figueroa: President Donald Trump announced on Monday he pardoned his former lawyer Rudy Giuliani and other people allegedly involved in the attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election, but the president’s federal pardon does not shield members of the group from state charges.
Here's the list of newly pardoned Trump fake electors, other allies | Alabama Reflector
After losing the 2020 presidential election, Trump goaded his supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol and stop Congress from certifying the election results.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Via Ariana Figueroa: President Donald Trump announced on Monday he pardoned his former lawyer Rudy Giuliani and other people allegedly involved in the attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election, but the president’s federal pardon does not shield members of the group from state charges.
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My column this week. When Alabama lawmakers want to give money to corporations or punish transgender people, nothing can stop them.
When 726,000 Alabamians face hunger, the laws they are empowered to write suddenly become impossible barriers.
When 726,000 Alabamians face hunger, the laws they are empowered to write suddenly become impossible barriers.
Hunger doesn't seem to be an emergency for Alabama leaders | Alabama Reflector
When Alabama leaders see an emergency, they act fast. Which makes their passivity as 726,000 Alabamians face hunger more striking.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
My column this week. When Alabama lawmakers want to give money to corporations or punish transgender people, nothing can stop them.
When 726,000 Alabamians face hunger, the laws they are empowered to write suddenly become impossible barriers.
When 726,000 Alabamians face hunger, the laws they are empowered to write suddenly become impossible barriers.
Via Anna Barrett: Gov. Kay Ivey Monday appointed Will Parker, her longtime legal advisor, to the Alabama Supreme Court.
Gov. Kay Ivey appoints legal advisor Will Parker to Alabama Supreme Court | Alabama Reflector
Gov. Kay Ivey Monday appointed longtime legal advisor Will Parker to the Alabama Supreme Court, filling a vacancy left by Bill Lewis.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Via Anna Barrett: Gov. Kay Ivey Monday appointed Will Parker, her longtime legal advisor, to the Alabama Supreme Court.
Via Jonathan Shorman and Stateline: A year out from the 2026 midterm elections, legal fights and procedural maneuvering over ballot measures and referendums are already well underway in states across the country. https://ow.ly/X6of50XppWn
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Via Jonathan Shorman and Stateline: A year out from the 2026 midterm elections, legal fights and procedural maneuvering over ballot measures and referendums are already well underway in states across the country. https://ow.ly/X6of50XppWn
Editor Brian Lyman writes that Alabama leaders have been notably passive in helping 726,000 Alabamians avoid hunger, particularly when one remembers how quickly they move to give money to corporations and punish transgender people. https://ow.ly/nxjB50Xo2Qj
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Editor Brian Lyman writes that Alabama leaders have been notably passive in helping 726,000 Alabamians avoid hunger, particularly when one remembers how quickly they move to give money to corporations and punish transgender people. https://ow.ly/nxjB50Xo2Qj
Via Anna Barrett: The Joint Legislative Contract Review Committee approved $21.7 million in contracts for the Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE) on Thursday afternoon. Two of the contracts aim to help ALSDE comply with the 2019 Literacy Act. https://ow.ly/ie0K50Xouuc
November 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Via Anna Barrett: The Joint Legislative Contract Review Committee approved $21.7 million in contracts for the Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE) on Thursday afternoon. Two of the contracts aim to help ALSDE comply with the 2019 Literacy Act. https://ow.ly/ie0K50Xouuc
Via @ashleymurray.bsky.social: The legislation, backed by Republicans, seven Democrats and one independent, would fund food aid and restore federal jobs lost during the shutdown but does not include extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies, which Democrats had fought for.
US Senate advances bill to end record-breaking government shutdown | Alabama Reflector
The bill does not include language addressing skyrocketing premiums for those enrolled in individual health insurance plans in the Affordable Care Act Marketplace, a major sticking point for Democrats...
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November 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Via @ashleymurray.bsky.social: The legislation, backed by Republicans, seven Democrats and one independent, would fund food aid and restore federal jobs lost during the shutdown but does not include extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies, which Democrats had fought for.
Via Stateline: With some early childhood education centers already closing their doors because of the federal government shutdown, local leaders are scrambling to find money to keep Head Start programs available to some of the country’s most vulnerable children. https://ow.ly/rjlT50XoBjT
November 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Via Stateline: With some early childhood education centers already closing their doors because of the federal government shutdown, local leaders are scrambling to find money to keep Head Start programs available to some of the country’s most vulnerable children. https://ow.ly/rjlT50XoBjT
Via Ashley Murray: The legislation does not include language addressing skyrocketing premiums for those enrolled in individual health insurance plans in the Affordable Care Act Marketplace, a major sticking point for Democrats.
Deal to end shutdown gains traction in US Senate as vote nears | Alabama Reflector
The bill does not include language addressing skyrocketing premiums for those enrolled in individual health insurance plans in the Affordable Care Act Marketplace, a major sticking point for Democrats.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Via Ashley Murray: The legislation does not include language addressing skyrocketing premiums for those enrolled in individual health insurance plans in the Affordable Care Act Marketplace, a major sticking point for Democrats.
Via Jacob Fischler The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service said states should fund 65% of benefits for users of SNAP, often called food stamps. Those that had authorized full payments in line with earlier administration guidance should “immediately undo” that action, it said.
States told by Trump administration to 'undo' full SNAP benefits paid for November | Alabama Reflector
A Saturday memo from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service said states should fund 65% of benefits for users of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, often called food stamps.
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November 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Via Jacob Fischler The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service said states should fund 65% of benefits for users of SNAP, often called food stamps. Those that had authorized full payments in line with earlier administration guidance should “immediately undo” that action, it said.
Via Anna Claire Vollers and Stateline: More than a dozen states have taken steps to keep medical debt from hurting credit scores. But new guidance from the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau repeals a Biden-era rule that allowed states to impose their own bans. https://ow.ly/apz350XoqSS
November 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Via Anna Claire Vollers and Stateline: More than a dozen states have taken steps to keep medical debt from hurting credit scores. But new guidance from the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau repeals a Biden-era rule that allowed states to impose their own bans. https://ow.ly/apz350XoqSS
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My column from Monday. There’s a prefiled constitutional amendment in Alabama that would bar naturalized citizens from holding office. It’s such a blatant violation of the 14th Amendment that one must assume it’s an attempt to get the Supreme Court to further restrict due process and rule of law.
This Alabama bill targets immigrants. And the 14th Amendment. | Alabama Reflector
A proposed constitutional amendment backed by Secretary of State Wes Allen could provide another way to attack citizenship and due process.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
My column from Monday. There’s a prefiled constitutional amendment in Alabama that would bar naturalized citizens from holding office. It’s such a blatant violation of the 14th Amendment that one must assume it’s an attempt to get the Supreme Court to further restrict due process and rule of law.
Via Chabeli Carrazana & 19thnews: States used a historic infusion of COVID-19 relief funds to improve their child care systems over the past few years, and now that the money has run dry, some can no longer keep their child care reimbursement rates up. https://ow.ly/kB4H50Xotnt
November 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Via Chabeli Carrazana & 19thnews: States used a historic infusion of COVID-19 relief funds to improve their child care systems over the past few years, and now that the money has run dry, some can no longer keep their child care reimbursement rates up. https://ow.ly/kB4H50Xotnt
Via Jacob Fischler: The U.S. Supreme Court Friday temporarily blocked a lower court’s order that the Trump administration pay for a full month of food benefits, hours after some states began loading nutrition assistance funds on payment cards held by the 42 million Americans who use the program.
US Supreme Court temporarily blocks November SNAP payments | Alabama Reflector
The move came hours after some states began loading nutrition assistance funds on payment cards held by the 42 million Americans who use the program.
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November 8, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Via Jacob Fischler: The U.S. Supreme Court Friday temporarily blocked a lower court’s order that the Trump administration pay for a full month of food benefits, hours after some states began loading nutrition assistance funds on payment cards held by the 42 million Americans who use the program.
Via @annabjournalist.bsky.social: Montgomery Police arrested a fifth suspect Thursday in connection with an October mass shooting that killed two and injured 12.
Montgomery police arrest fifth suspect in October shooting | Alabama Reflector
MPD said in a statement posted to Facebook Friday that Ivan Floyd, 22, was charged with certain persons forbidden to carry a firearm.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Via @annabjournalist.bsky.social: Montgomery Police arrested a fifth suspect Thursday in connection with an October mass shooting that killed two and injured 12.
Via @fischler.bsky.social: The U.S. Department of Agriculture told states Friday it was releasing full November funding for the nation’s major food assistance program that helps 42 million people afford groceries, complying with a federal court order issued Thursday.
Full November SNAP benefits to be issued by Trump administration despite shutdown | Alabama Reflector
Payments would be sent to states Friday, the department’s Food and Nutrition Service said in a letter to state directors of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Via @fischler.bsky.social: The U.S. Department of Agriculture told states Friday it was releasing full November funding for the nation’s major food assistance program that helps 42 million people afford groceries, complying with a federal court order issued Thursday.
Via Ashley Murray: A vote to stop President Donald Trump’s deadly strikes on alleged drug-running boats off the coast of Venezuela failed Thursday in the U.S. Senate, nearly mirroring the outcome of a similar war powers vote last month.
US Senate fails to pass war powers resolution blocking Trump attacks on Venezuela | Alabama Reflector
The resolution directs the “removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress.”
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November 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Via Ashley Murray: A vote to stop President Donald Trump’s deadly strikes on alleged drug-running boats off the coast of Venezuela failed Thursday in the U.S. Senate, nearly mirroring the outcome of a similar war powers vote last month.
Via Amanda Watford and Stateline: States are moving in sharply different directions on the death penalty, with some looking to broaden when and how executions occur while others try to scale them back or end them entirely. https://ow.ly/7SRk50XnUoP
November 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Via Amanda Watford and Stateline: States are moving in sharply different directions on the death penalty, with some looking to broaden when and how executions occur while others try to scale them back or end them entirely. https://ow.ly/7SRk50XnUoP
Via Ralph Chapoco: An Alabama legislator has prefiled a bill that would allow parole officers to restrict the communications of people convicted of a sexual offense against children and require them to undergo treatment. https://ow.ly/nVXr50Xo55w
November 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Via Ralph Chapoco: An Alabama legislator has prefiled a bill that would allow parole officers to restrict the communications of people convicted of a sexual offense against children and require them to undergo treatment. https://ow.ly/nVXr50Xo55w
Updated via @fischler.bsky.social: A federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration Thursday to pay roughly $9 billion for a full month of nutrition assistance benefits by the next day.
Trump administration ordered to pay full $9B in November SNAP benefits amid shutdown | Alabama Reflector
The maximum monthly benefit likely would be roughly two-thirds of the usual benefit flowing to recipients, rather than the half initially projected.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Updated via @fischler.bsky.social: A federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration Thursday to pay roughly $9 billion for a full month of nutrition assistance benefits by the next day.
Via Anna Barrett: Auburn University apologized for accidentally sending three emergency alerts to students and employees about an active shooter, a tornado and a hazardous waste spill within the space of minutes early Thursday afternoon.
Auburn University apologizes for accidentally sending shooter, tornado, hazmat alerts | Alabama Reflector
Auburn University apologized Thursday afternoon for accidentally sending three emergency alerts to students and employees...
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November 6, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Via Anna Barrett: Auburn University apologized for accidentally sending three emergency alerts to students and employees about an active shooter, a tornado and a hazardous waste spill within the space of minutes early Thursday afternoon.
Via @fischler.bsky.social: The 40 airports set to see a 10% reduction in flights during the government shutdown nearly matched the list of the nation’s busiest airports, according to a preliminary list seen by States Newsroom.
Here are airports hit by the FAA pullback on air traffic; 3,300 flights daily to be canceled | Alabama Reflector
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Wednesday that the FAA would cut air traffic at 40 major airports starting Friday to help alleviate stress for air traffic controllers.
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November 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Via @fischler.bsky.social: The 40 airports set to see a 10% reduction in flights during the government shutdown nearly matched the list of the nation’s busiest airports, according to a preliminary list seen by States Newsroom.