WASHINGTON — Alabama is highly dependent on federal money to support health care, food assistance and infrastructure, and the ...

SPLC spokesperson: "The policy creates a snowball effect that deprives people of their livelihoods while local cities and towns enrich their budgets." ...

If legislators act quickly on recommendations from a school funding commission, changes to the state's current formula could come as soon as 2026.

Alabama was ranked 39th for overall child wellbeing in the U.S. in the 2024 Kids Count Data Book that was published this week.

We've had a lot of freedom to really build a system that meets the needs for Alabama families and children,” Jan Hume, acting secretary of Alabama’s ...

The University of Alabama conducted a study called Chambers County Strong (CCS). CCS is a research project to find and mitigate factors that result in individuals not entering the labor market. In ...

The agreement signed, at the World Governments Summit, by TEF Founder, Tony O. Elumelu, and the Director General of the Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation, His Excellency Mohamed Haji Al Khoori, ...

The kids count data book serves as a a benchmark to show where Alabama’s children are but also gives the state a roadmap of ...

VOICES for Alabama’s Children released the 2024 Alabama Kids Count Data Book (Data Book) today, emphasizing the critical role economic security has in all aspects of children’s lives, especially the ...

Some of India’s slowdown could be attributed to a cyclical tapering in demand after the post-pandemic recovery when the economy grew sharply. Industry heads and government officials believed India was ...

Per al.com, that’s more than a timber land trust owned by Gov. Kay Ivey paid per acre in taxes ($1.25) in 2018. So under this ...