A bill upping the amount the state can borrow to build a second 4,000-bed prison was approved by the Alabama Senate.

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

Alabama lawmakers say they want to give more money to schools that are enrolling more English learners, students with disabilities, and students from poor and rural areas. But with the legislative ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

From growing up in poverty in a house with no running water to leading a college math department, the life story of Ernest ...

The poverty alleviation relocation programme (2016–2020) was a crucial initiative in China's fight against poverty, which was led and subsidised by the government with voluntary participation from the ...