MONTGOMERY, Alabama, March 21 -- Gov. Kay Ivey, R-Alabama, issued the following statement on March 20, 2024: * * * Governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday signed Senate Bill 1, sponsored by Sen. Garlan Gudger and Rep. Jamie Kiel, which will strengthen the fairness and integrity of Alabama elections. Upon signing the bill banning ballot harvesting, the governor issued the following statement: "Here in Alabama, we are committed to ensuring our elections are free and fair. I commend Secretary of State We  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, March 21 -- The Alabama Secretary of State issued the following news: Secretary of State Wes Allen applauds the Alabama Legislature for passing Senate Bill 1 and Governor Ivey for signing this legislation into law. "As Secretary of State, ensuring fair, secure, and transparent elections are a top priority. Today, Alabama elections were protected and strengthened," explained Secretary Allen. "The passage of SB1 is a victory for Alabama elections." SB1 prevents ballot harve  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: A new report from Politico highlights the ways Democratic governors have worked to protect access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) - before and after the Alabama Supreme Court decision - continuing their efforts to protect Americans' reproductive freedom in a post-Dobbs world. As Politico reported, "Democratically controlled states California, Illinois and Massachusetts passed laws last year that protect IVF   more

JACKSON, Tennessee, March 21 -- Union University issued the following news release: Robert Smith Jr., professor of Christian preaching at Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, Alabama, will give the eighth annual David and Lanese Dockery Lectures on Baptist Thought and Heritage at Union University March 25. The David and Lanese Dockery Lectures on Baptist Thought and Heritage, named for former Union President David S. Dockery and First Lady Lanese Dockery, is an annual event designed to examin  more