During the 2020ÌýpropertyÌýassessment cycle, the Orleans Parish assessor arbitrarily cut the value ofÌýlargeÌýcommercial propertiesÌý–ÌýsomeÌýby as much as 57%Ìý–Ìýciting the COVID-19 pandemic as a reason.ÌýAs a result, he flouted his legal duty to assess properties at their fair market value.ÌýDespite...
After the sheriff of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, failed to release public records about COVID-19 within the county jail, the Southern Poverty Law Center filed a lawsuit against the sheriff for violating the Alabama Open Records Act.
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The lawsuit was filed four months after the...
I didn’t know what to expect when my daughters decided last summer to give away sanitary pads and tampons to girls in need.
Alabama’s unconstitutional laws against panhandling violate the First Amendment’s freedom of speech protection. The ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ and its allies filed a federal lawsuit to immediately stop the city, county and state from enforcing two statutes that prohibit panhandling.
The complaint describes how...