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Alabama Republicans Pass Expansive Legislation Targeting D.E.I.

Alabama Republicans Pass Expansive Legislation Targeting D.E.I.

Alabama Republicans pushed through a sprawling measure on Tuesday that would not only ban state funding for diversity, equity and inclusion programs at public universities, local boards of education and government agencies, but also limit the teaching of “divisive concepts” surrounding race, gender and identity. The bill passed with broad …

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Two Democrats emerge from a crowded field in a newly competitive House district in Alabama.

Two Democrats emerge from a crowded field in a newly competitive House district in Alabama.

Shomari Figures, a former Justice Department official, and State Representative Anthony Daniels will head to a runoff election in the Democratic primary for Alabama’s Second Congressional District, according to The Associated Press. Voters were weighing in for the first time in the newly shaped Second District, which had been redrawn …

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