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Climate Leadership Council

As climate change policy takes shape, will the U.S. ever put a price on carbon?

The world needs to reduce carbon levels, and one way is through a carbon tax, a strategy the U.S. has been debating for decades. … In a plan put together by the Climate Leadership Council, a climate advocacy group co-founded by former Secretary of State James Baker, who served in the Bush and Reagan administrations, the idea isn’t to fund government efforts to fight...

Scalawag

Alabama has already put $4 billion toward Medicaid expansion – Scalawag

Alabama is entering the 2021 legislative session, one year into the COVID-19 pandemic. For advocacy groups serving working-class families, Medicaid expansion is the top priority. “Medicaid is more popular now than it ever has been before,” said Jane Adams, the director for the Cover Alabama Coalition. Adams has partnered with more than 100...