Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey weighs possible economic ramifications over restricting transgender rights
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Parents and advocates march outside the Alabama State House in opposition to legislation that would ban puberty blockers, hormone treatments, and surgeries as transgender therapies for minors. They also protested legislation that would prevent transgender youths fro playing sports of the sex which they identify. (file photo).
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The NCAA could pull out of hosting college basketball tournaments in Birmingham if Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signs legislation regulating the medical and sports decision of transgender youth, LGBTQ advocates say. They also claim the World Games, set for 2022 in Birmingham, could be in jeopardy.
Alabama House Democrats push for more police and criminal justice reform after Chauvin verdict
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Montgomery police officers hold signs showing support for protesters at a Justice for George Floyd event last year at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. (Mike Cason/mcason@al.com)
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Law enforcement accountability remains a top concern for Alabama Democrats heading into the final weeks of this year’s legislative session.
But for Democrats, long saddled with superminority status in the Alabama statehouse, even small victories on issues of criminal justice reform are worth celebrating.
On the day after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted on all three charges related to the murder of George Floyd, Alabama Democrats said they will continue rolling out bills aimed at holding police accountable even if major reforms, such as restricting qualified immunity for police, has an uphill climb before the Republi
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To say it’s a relic of days gone by is an understatement. Every ski lift in the vicinity has gone higher-tech, with heated sidewalks to melt snow and hydraulic lifts that pick up speed. To load on the Summit Lift means walking or skidding onto a wooden platform where painted feet tell you where to stand. From there the journey has to be part of the destination because it will take you anywhere from 10 to 25 minutes to get to the top. (The lift changes speeds depending on who is riding it. It slows for sightseers and picks up for skiers. Regular King skiers will see people loading without skis and head to another lift, knowing the glacial pace that will ensue to suit tourists on the Summit Lift.) At the top a rope safety net is cobwebbed beneath the chair before the unloading area in case anyone falls while unloading from the wooden platform.
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