A bill that would expedite Medicaid coverage and prenatal health care for low-income pregnant women in Alabama has advanced as lawmakers across the South try to address rising maternal and infant ...

Alabama lawmakers and doctors gathered in Birmingham to celebrate a new law designed to improve maternal healthcare. The legislation, effective October 1 2025, introduces presumptive Medicaid ...

An Alabama lawmaker who leads a state budget committee said President Trump’s tax cut and spending bill means Alabama will have to tighten programs that hundreds of thousands of families depend on for ...