MONTGOMERY, Alabama, April 5 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news on April 4, 2024: Today, a coalition of civil rights, voting rights and disability rights organizations sued Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, Alabama's 42 District Attorneys, and Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen to block Alabama's recently enacted Senate Bill 1 (SB 1). This law directly targets, drastically restricts, and severely penalizes basic nonpartisan civic engagement effort  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, April 5 -- The League of Women Voters issued the following news release on April 4, 2024, with seven organizations: Today, a coalition of civil rights, voting rights and disability rights organizations sued Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, Alabama's 42 District Attorneys, and Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen to block Alabama's recently enacted Senate Bill 1 (SB1). This law directly targets, drastically restricts, and severely penalizes basic nonpartisan civic en  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 5 -- The Institute of Food Technologists issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: The Institute of Food Technologists Student Association (IFTSA), a student-governed community of members of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), has elected Katelyn Boyle from Alabama A&M University in Normal, Alabama, as its Vice President of Chapter Engagement. As part of her responsibilities, Boyle will serve on the IFTSA Board of Directors for one year starting on Sept  more

HOOVER, Alabama, April 5 -- The National Association of School Resource Officers issued the following school resource officer success story: Drawings of guns. The word, "kill." Violent rap lyrics. When Utah school resource officer Jacob Smith saw this material in a middle school student's backpack, he knew he needed to assess promptly how much of a danger the seventh-grade boy was to himself or others. The Lehi Police Department detective had already removed a .45 caliber handgun from the stu  more