Sen. Merika Coleman, D-Pleasant Grove speaks at Alabama Arise event about bill to repeal grocery tax. The nonprofit is continuing with the same legislative priorities that it wants approved for the coming session.
A nonprofit that focuses on social justice issues plans to prioritize poverty, health care and changes to the criminal justice system in the regular session of the 2025 Alabama Legislature, issues legislators have largely ignored during the past two sessions.
Alabama Arise’s legislative priorities center on reforming the tax code; investing in maternal and infant health care; advocating for measures to help address poverty and supporting efforts to reform parole and the death penalty.
“One thing that is notable this year is that our members did not produce any brand-new priorities this year,” Hyden said. “Our major focus areas remain the same.”
One of those priorities is fully eliminating the tax on groceries. Alabama remains one of the 13 states that imposes a tax on staple food items such as milk and vegetables.