The ballot for state elections this fall is shaping up after Friday’s deadline for candidates to qualify. There are a notable number of women running for office this year. Alabama’s governor and chief justice are both women and they’re running to keep their jobs. The #MeToo movement appears to have encouraged some women to jump into the fray as well.
But any electoral success for women in Alabama would come from a comparatively low starting point. Just 15 percent of state lawmakers are women. That’s 45th among the states.
We discuss women running for office with Stacie Propst, executive director of Emerge Alabama, Susan DuBose of the Greater Birmingham Republican Women and Professor Kelly Dittmar with Rutgers University’s Center for American Women and Politics.
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China and the U.S. have locked horns over tariffs. Alabama companies and farmers are right in the middle.
Election season is underway in Alabama with party primaries June 5th and the general election in November. We'll talk about the upcoming elections, some of the dynamics at play and a few key races.
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The issue of guns and schools has been in the news the past month after a gunman walked into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, killing 17 people. In Birmingham these issues became very real when a student was shot and killed at Huffman High School earlier this month. We explore the topic through a series of conversations.
When a big-box store closes in a smaller community, that drop in tax revenue can be a big hit to the town. That's a situation Fairfield and Irondale are working through.
As policy makers debate how to address the numerous issues facing Alabama's prison system, the experiences of the men and women who work at prisons can sometimes be hidden.
