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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Alabama Newsletter for Sunday March 26, 2023 ( 3 items )  

HudsonAlpha Stays on the Forefront of the Newest Genomic Sequencing Technology
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, March 24 (TNSres) -- The HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology issued the following news: Researchers at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology will create genomic data at a scale beyond anything previously possible thanks to a new PacBio Revio sequencing machine received earlier today. HudsonAlpha researchers are some of the first in the world to have access to the new DNA sequencing technology. The Revio will support much of the Institute's Genome Sequencing Cente  more

Institute for Justice: First-Round Victory in Class Action Lawsuit Challenging Brookside, Alabama's Policing-for-Profit Scheme
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, March 25 (TNSgov) -- The Institute for Justice issued the following news release: A federal district court dealt a major blow to notorious Brookside, Alabama, rejecting the town's effort to dismiss a federal class action lawsuit seeking accountability for its abusive ticketing and towing practices. Yesterday afternoon, Judge Anna M. Manasco of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama denied Brookside's request to dismiss the lawsuit and rejected a privat  more

SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER: ALABAMA SUPREME COURT DENIES JUDGESHIP FOR ELECTED JEFFERSON COUNTY CANDIDATE AND GIVES IT TO MADISON COUNTY
MONTGOMERY, Alabama, March 25 (TNSgov) -- The Southern Poverty Law Center issued the following news release: The Alabama Supreme Court permitted the Alabama Judicial Resources Allocation Commission (JRAC) to remove a judgeship from diverse Jefferson County to majority-white Madison County. This means Tiara Hudson, who won a primary election for the judgeship before JRAC decided to relocate it, will still be blocked from a seat on the bench. The high court upheld the decision of the trial court  more