HOOVER, Ala. ( WIAT) — The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is hosting the 2025 Alabama Sheriffs Association Winter ...
State Rep. Patrick Sellers, D-Pleasant Grove, has pre-filed a bill that would prohibit trigger activators, otherwise known as ...
After a mother of a breastfed child claimed a judge threatened her with DHR, lawmakers said they would file bills to address the situation.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Breastfeeding women in Alabama will be excused from jury duty, the state’s highest court ordered ...
Alabama mom Kandace Brown says she attempted to seek exemption from jury duty while breastfeeding her 3-month-old infant who ...
Breastfeeding mothers will now be exempt from jury duty, according to an administrative order from the Alabama Supreme Court.
Sorrell said Alabama currently has no law exempting nursing mothers from jury duty. Alabama House Representative Susan Dubose ...
The Alabama Supreme Court issued an administrative order Jan. 17 regarding procedures in excusing prospective jurors from ...
Only days after a mom was threatened with DHR for bringing her infant to the Jefferson County Courthouse, the Alabama Supreme Court issued an administrative order declaring a nursing mother should be ...
Before Friday’s decision, there were laws in the Alabama excusing prospective jurors because of certain health concerns, but breast feeding wasn’t included.
In an effort to promote community healing, and sew up the wounds of racial injustice, Create Birmingham, a non-profit organization, is partnering with Jefferson ...
Part of the order read, ‘A nursing mother of an infant child clearly qualifies for the excuse from jury service." It goes on ...