Via Anna Barrett: The Alabama Fair Ballot Commission on Tuesday approved language to describe four statewide constitutional amendments that will be on the statewide ballot in November, including a measure mandating the broadcast of the National Anthem in schools. https://ow.ly/Rbq750ZwjhA

Via Anna Barrett: Five of the six Republican candidates in a special primary in Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District made their pitch to voters in Barbour County Tuesday night, one week before the election. https://ow.ly/yGXM50Zwpvq

Via Anna Barrett: Data centers have emerged as a top issue in Alabama’s midterm elections as concerns over public health impacts and a lack of transparency over the multibillion dollar facilities grow among communities and public health experts. https://ow.ly/2kX150Zvc4q

Also becoming a major issue in Alabama, where Doug Jones has called for a moratorium and Tommy Tuberville is embracing data centers; calling concerns about them “bullcrap” and suggesting opponents are being swayed by China. Here’s @annabjournalist.bsky.social on Monday.

Data centers emerge as top Alabama election issue as community concerns grow | Alabama Reflector

Data centers have emerged as a top issue in Alabama’s midterm elections as concerns over public health impacts and a lack of transparency over the multibillion dollar facilities grow among communities...

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Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 17h ago

I’ve been screening our documentary with organizing communities in the South. So far, the organizers mention data centers first at every single event. From racial justice orgs to old school activists who don’t usually think about tech policy. This has legs.

Via Ralph Chapoco: People who spent decades incarcerated within Alabama’s prisons Wednesday provided detailed accounts of ongoing violence, abuse by corrections staff and lack of adequate healthcare services in the state’s correctional facilities. https://ow.ly/toB850Zuv10

Via Shalina Chatlani and Stateline: In 49 states, the number of people enrolled in Obamacare plans has declined since Congress made coverage more expensive by allowing federal subsidies to expire at the end of last year. https://ow.ly/pUfF50ZulBk

Via Anna Barrett: The vice chair of the Alabama Democratic Party is calling on Democrats to pull Republican ballots in the Aug. 11 special primary elections to get “weaker” competition in the general election. https://ow.ly/FmXs50ZuwWy

Via Anna Barrett: Republican voters in central Alabama will choose between a 12-year incumbent congressman and a 26-year-old physical therapist assistant in an August special primary. https://ow.ly/OGAN50Zu0uM

Via Anna Barrett: Alabama’s infant mortality rate improved in 2024, but access to adequate healthcare impacts outcomes for babies in their first year of life. https://ow.ly/Vq6r50ZsuAq

Via Anna Barrett: A Montgomery County judge ruled Sunday that the state’s birth centers can keep operating despite an appellate court ruling earlier this year that declared them hospitals subject to regulation by the Alabama Department of Public Health. https://ow.ly/Bcvq50Zqeku

Via Anna Barrett: The Alabama Supreme Court Tuesday granted an expedited briefing schedule in Republican gubernatorial nominee Tommy Tuberville’s residency lawsuit at the request of plaintiffs.

Alabama Supreme Court sets expedited schedule for Tuberville residency suit | Alabama Reflector

Ragsdale said in a statement Tuesday that while he is thankful for the expedited schedule, it is not fast enough for the Alabama Republican Party to replace Tuberville on November’s ballot, should the Supreme Court find him ineligible. 

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Via Anna Barrett: The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) said Thursday the state has 11 confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis, a parasite that causes intestinal illness and has been spreading around the country.

Alabama Department of Public Health confirms 11 cyclosporiasis cases in state | Alabama Reflector

Symptoms include watery or “explosive” diarrhea, nausea and stomach cramps. It’s often contracted by eating or drinking something contaminated with the parasite, which lives in feces.

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Via Anna Barrett: The board overseeing the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) on Thursday voted unanimously to give State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris a 7% raise, effective Sept. 1. https://ow.ly/pmNS50ZoxNo

Via Anna Barrett: The board overseeing health insurance for Alabama state employees will likely consider benefit changes and withdrawals from a trust fund amid financial uncertainty, rising health costs and “difficult choices,” its CEO said Wednesday. https://ow.ly/Alvh50Zo1Ql

Via Anna Barrett: Three Republicans are running in the Aug. 11 primary for the newly redrawn 1st Congressional District centered on Mobile, and have all voiced concerns that voter turnout could be low. https://ow.ly/XGOR50ZmAi3

Via Anna Barrett: A state representative Thursday accused the former healthcare provider of Alabama prisons of fraud and sharply criticized the Alabama Department of Corrections’ relationship with a Montgomery-based law firm. https://ow.ly/FyGt50ZmfnB

Shout out to my calendar reminder to check AlaCourt.

Alabama Reflector@alabamareflector.com · 4w ago

Breaking via Anna Barrett: A Montgomery County circuit judge Thursday dismissed a challenge to U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville's ability to run for governor of Alabama, citing a lack of jurisdiction. An appeal to the Alabama Supreme Court is likely.

Via Anna Barrett: Attorneys argued for nearly three hours in a Montgomery courtroom Monday about whether to allow a challenge to U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s ability to run for governor to move forward. https://ow.ly/Bex950ZiuTF

Via Anna Barrett: The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) last week approved a set of rules for public comment for nursing homes and assisted living facilities. https://alabamareflector.com/2026/06/25/adph-proposes-new-rules-for-nursing-homes-assisted-living-facilities/

Trump spikes housing bill at last minute, refusing to sign until SAVE America Act passed. @statesnewsroom.com w/ @jennifershutt.bsky.social

Trump spikes housing bill at last minute, refusing to sign until SAVE America Act passed

President Donald Trump derailed a housing overhaul that he was set to sign into law Wednesday, canceling a signing ceremony for the broadly popular bipartisan bill until Congress passes an election se...

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Via Sofia Resnick: Reproductive rights advocates argued that exceptions to abortion bans are too ill defined to give doctors and hospitals enough confidence to provide timely care. https://alabamareflector.com/2026/06/23/repub/miscarriage-management-remains-muddled-4-years-after-dobbs/

Via Anna Barrett: Alabama Republican gubernatorial nominee and U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville Monday afternoon filed a motion to dismiss a Montgomery County lawsuit over his campaign.https://alabamareflector.com/2026/06/22/tuberville-files-motion-to-dismiss-montgomery-county-residency-lawsuit/

Tuberville files motion to dismiss Montgomery County residency lawsuit | Alabama Reflector

The motion states that the lawsuit is asking the Montgomery County Circuit Court to “seize control of the election process” because the plaintiffs “do not believe they can trust the voters to choose their own governor.”

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Via Anna Barrett: Weapons were the leading cause of “non-medical, unexpected or unexplained” deaths in 2024 for children under 18 in Alabama, according to a report released Thursday, most of which were caused by firearms. https://ow.ly/59JK50ZerJA

ICYMI via Anna Barrett: A lawsuit filed in Montgomery Wednesday seeks to put Alabama Republican gubernatorial nominee Tommy Tuberville in front of a jury to answer questions about his residency.

Montgomery lawsuit challenges Tommy Tuberville's residency | Alabama Reflector

A lawsuit filed in Montgomery County Circuit Court on Wednesday seeks to put Republican gubernatorial nominee Tommy Tuberville on trial over allegations that he does not meet residency requirements for the governor’s office.

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Via Andrea Tinker: John Wahl, the former chairman of the Alabama Republican Party, won the Republican primary runoff for lieutenant governor Tuesday night, defeating Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen.

John Wahl wins Republican Party nomination for lieutenant governor | Alabama Reflector

Wahl entered the race last minute with an endorsement from President Donald Trump and used that as a campaigning point.

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Via Ralph Chapoco: Deputy Attorney General Katherine Robertson Tuesday won the Republican nomination for Alabama Attorney General, defeating Alabama Supreme Court Justice Jay Mitchell after an expensive and often heated race.

Katherine Robertson wins GOP nomination for Alabama attorney general | Alabama Reflector

Robertson defeated former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Jay Mitchell after an expensive and often heated race.

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Hudson has yet to concede or address his supporters as of 9:35 p.m. Updates to come.

Alabama Reflector@alabamareflector.com · 2mo ago

Via Anna Barrett: U.S. Rep. Barry Moore, R-Enterprise, won the Alabama Republican nomination for U.S. Senate Tuesday night, defeating former Navy SEAL Jared Hudson.

At the Jared Hudson watch party tonight in Hoover. Supporters are trickling in. Polls close at 7. We’ll have results (hopefully) soon.

An amazing story by Drew. Make a plan to go vote today!

Alabama Reflector@alabamareflector.com · 2mo ago

Via Drew Taylor: Greene County in western Alabama is the state's smallest by population. It also consistently leads the state in voter turnout, more than doubling Alabama's rate in the May 19th primary. Here's why. https://ow.ly/OG1S50Zc59v

Via Anna Barrett: Voters across Alabama go to the polls Tuesday to select party nominees for the 2026 midterm elections in five statewide and six legislative primary runoff elections. Here's a guide to the races. https://ow.ly/SqJ850ZbAL3