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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Alabama Newsletter for Saturday May 06, 2023 ( 4 items )  

ACCC Releases Postseason Softball Awards
MONTGOMERY, Alabama, May 5 -- The Alabama Community College Conference issued the following news release: The ACCC congratulates the following softball student-athletes for being named All-North, All-South, and All-Region 22. * Awards are voted on by ACCC softball coaches. All-Region 22 First Team Name ... School Battery ... Kinley Bolton ... Marion Military Emily Simon ... Wallace State Emily Phillips ... Coastal Alabama-North Gracee Reeves ... Bishop State Alivia Wilken ... Wallace S  more

Gwendolyn Boyd Honored With ASME Fitzroy Medal at ASME Foundation Gala Event
WASHINGTON, May 2 (TNSawa) -- The American Society of Mechanical Engineers issued the following news release: The engineering community recently honored Gwendolyn E. Boyd, former president of Alabama State University and retired engineer at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, for her outstanding service to the engineering profession with the presentation of the Fitzroy Medal from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) at an ASME Foundation gala event held Thursday   more

HRC Condemns Alabama Senate for Passing Discriminatory Anti-Transgender Sports Ban
WASHINGTON, May 5 (TNSgov) -- The Human Rights Campaign issued the following news release on May 3, 2023: The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) -- the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization -- condemned the Alabama Senate from passing HB 261, which would ban transgender university students from participating in sports consistent with their gender identity. HB 261 would be Alabama's second anti-transgender sports ban and fourth anti-LGBTQ+ law  more

National Association of School Resource Officers: School Resource Officer Averts Potential School Shooting
HOOVER, Alabama, May 5 -- The National Association of School Resource Officers issued the following school resource officer success story on May 4, 2023: Two California high school students were genuinely worried on an October day in 2022. They'd received Instagram messages from a student who threatened to kill them. One of the recipients had been in a physical fight with the message's sender at school the day before, and the other had recorded a video of the fight and made negative comments ab  more