Our annual meeting was another huge success! We were excited to provide an accessible online gathering space for nearly 300 people from across the state on Saturday. And we’re grateful for everyone who took part – before, during and after the meeting – in discussing and reflecting on their vision for a better Alabama. After careful consideration, Arise members chose these seven issue priorities as critical for moving Alabama forward in 2022:  - Tax reform, including untaxing groceries and ending the state’s upside-down deduction for federal income taxes, which overwhelmingly benefits rich households.
- Adequate budgets for human services like education, health care and child care, including Medicaid expansion and extension of pre-K to serve all eligible Alabama children.
- Voting rights, including automatic universal voter registration and removal of barriers to voting rights restoration for disenfranchised Alabamians.
- Criminal justice reform, including retroactive application of state sentencing guidelines and repeal of the Habitual Felony Offender Act.
- Death penalty reform, including a law to require juries to be unanimous in any decision to impose a death sentence.
- Payday and title lending reform to protect consumers from getting trapped in debt.
- Public transportation to help Alabamians with low incomes stay connected to work, school, health care and their communities.
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