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A lawsuit objecting to conditions on the Louisiana State Penitentiary's "farm line" is among at least three legal challenges percolating in the Gulf South.
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As Alabama decides how to spend its opioid settlement funds, a good samaritan spends her free time helping “her people” who struggle with addiction.
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As Alabama sets the course for the controversial execution method’s future, activists and legal scholars say eyewitness accounts could halt widespread adoption.
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The Atakapa-Ishak/Chawasha tribe views the land’s rematriation as a joyous occasion — even though it’s disappearing due to coastal land loss.
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A new report shows that more people with past felony convictions can vote in this election cycle than previous ones, but millions remain disenfranchised.
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One researcher estimates evacuations can cost residents more than five times the amount they did 20 years ago.
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A campaign to free five women, known as the "Mississippi Five," shows how prison populations throughout the region are aging.
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Transgender students’ rights have come under increased scrutiny with a new school year underway as Alabama continues to push back against new Title IX rules.
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The federal funding from the Biden-Harris administration will help each state improve maternal health care and opioid addiction treatment in rural communities.
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Despite criticism, state officials have defended the use of “nitrogen hypoxia” ahead of Alan Eugene Miller’s scheduled execution this week.