Brian Lyman
@lyman_brian
Editor, @ALReflector. Podcaster, @BecomingLincoln. 2024 Pulitzer finalist. Politics, state government, science, history. blyman -at- alabamareflector -dot- com.
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Editor Brian Lyman writes that if authoritarianism comes to the United States, it will come after our leaders have shrunk the electorate in the name of fighting alleged fraud. That, he says, is how it's come to America in the past. alabamareflector.com/2024/09/15/bew… #alpolitics
Via Alander Rocha: Alabama’s rural hospitals, like Vaughn Regional in Selma, face financial strain and staffing shortages due to a flawed Medicare wage index formula. alabamareflector.com/2024/09/17/ala… #alpolitics
This is a fantastic explainer. Alander Rocha takes an complex & unsexy issue (Alabama's bottom-of-the-barrel Medicare wage index) and shows why it matters to our health care & our rural hospitals. Y'all go read it: alabamareflector.com/2024/09/17/ala… Alabama Reflector
Via Ralph Chapoco: The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama alleges that Allen’s initiative breaches several provisions of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) and Voting Rights Act of 1965. alabamareflector.com/2024/09/17/vot… #alpolitics
Via Aaron Sanderford and Nebraska Examiner: Alabama and 23 other GOP-led states asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Monday to block a push by Democratic-led California to require more trucks transporting goods to reduce carbon emissions. alabamareflector.com/2024/09/17/ala… #alpolitics
Via Jemma K Stephenson: The legislation comes after a bruising fight over expanded gambling in the Alabama Legislature during the 2024 session. alabamareflector.com/2024/09/18/gam… #alpolitics
Via Ralph Chapoco: A person who spent nearly four decades incarcerated in Alabama urged members of a state commission Tuesday to ensure that other people in state prisons have the resources to transition back when their sentences end. alabamareflector.com/2024/09/18/ala… #alpolitics
Via Jemma K Stephenson: Cooper had been arrested on harassment charges in June 2023, stemming from what Cooper’s attorney, George Barnett, said at the time was a land dispute with a neighbor. alabamareflector.com/briefs/marshal… #alpolitics
Via Nada Hassanein: One impetus for the shift is research showing that Black pregnant women are more likely to be drug tested and long-standing disparities in how Black and Indigenous families are treated by child welfare agencies. alabamareflector.com/2024/09/18/sta…
Via Ralph Chapoco: Under the bill, a person giving a false birth date to law enforcement could face up to a year in jail. Those who refuse to provide lawfully-requested personal information could face up to three months in jail. alabamareflector.com/2024/09/19/ala…
Via Jennifer Shutt: Congress has 12 days left to approve a short-term government funding bill before the shutdown deadline, though leaders in the Republican House and Democratic Senate haven’t felt the need to start negotiations just yet. alabamareflector.com/2024/09/19/gov…