A busy week in the Legislature. Catch up on all the bills that passed in our weekly bill roundup from @andreadotweb.bsky.social and I. We were warned by the Pro Tem that pace will pick up and it will get "spicy" in the second half of session. Hold on, everybody. @alabamareflector.com

Via Andrea Tinker: HB 44, sponsored by Rep. Donna Givens, R-Loxley, would direct the Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) to request a waiver from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to allow recipients of SNAP benefits to buy hot rotisserie chickens. https://ow.ly/N9ct50X8oKg

Via @andreadotweb.bsky.social: A Baldwin County man said in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers detained him twice and continued holding him even after he provided proof of citizenship.

University of Mississippi announced it has terminated an employee due to “hurtful, insensitive comments” made on social media regarding the assassination of Charlie Kirk. via @mississippitoday.org www.newsfromthestates.com/article/ole-...

Via @andreadotweb.bsky.social: The uncertainty over the funding forced Central Alabama Community College to suspend Upward Bound, a prep program for Low-income and first-generation college students. Administrators are trying to restart it.

Via @andreadotweb.bsky.social: The Alabama Securities Commission (ASC) has been receiving a large volume of phone calls regarding an alleged Ponzi scheme involving a prominent Georgia man, ASC Director Amanda Senn said Tuesday.

Via @andreadotweb.bsky.social: Attorneys for Gov. Kay Ivey and House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter added a new plaintiff last week to a lawsuit against the Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) over transfer student-athlete eligibility.

Via @andreadotweb.bsky.social: It was not clear Wednesday afternoon how many employees were terminated by Auburn, or what the nature of the posts were that led to their terminations.

Via @andreadotweb.bsky.social: Alabama State Schools Superintendent Eric Mackey said the letter stemmed from what he described as three “inexcusable” social media posts by three Alabama educators about the shooting of right-wing political commentator and talk radio show host Charlie Kirk.

Law enforcement arrested Tyler Robinson, a 22-year-old Washington County resident suspected in the assassination of Charlie Kirk, after a family member reported the young Utahn who had grown increasingly political had suggested he was behind the shooting. utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/09/12/2...

Via @andreadotweb.bsky.social: The state’s community college system plans to launch a task force with a goal of improving outcomes for incarcerated people in the system’s educational programs.

Video of clash over gender-identity content in Texas A&M children’s lit class leads to firings

Via @andreadotweb.bsky.social: Rep. Mark Gidley, R-Hokes Bluff, prefiled HB 8 for the 2026 legislative session, which starts in January. It would allow school boards to decide whether to allow campus chaplains and teachers in public school.

Please give a warm welcome (and a follow) to our newest reporter, @andreadotweb.bsky.social, who will be covering education and the Alabama House of Representatives for us in the next year. Andrea did a phenomenal job with over the summer, and we're thrilled to have her aboard.