Alabama Legislature
Coverage of Alabama Legislature in the Nexus archive.
- Public universities face escalating involvement from state lawmakers
Auburn University's Board of Trustees dissolved the faculty senate, granting itself authority over academic decisions, following new state laws in Alabama and other states that empower politically appointed university boards while weakening tenure protections and faculty influence. Similar laws in Kentucky, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Indiana have shifted power toward administrators and political appointees.
- Auburn University trustees dissolve faculty senate, take more direct curricula control
Auburn University's Board of Trustees dissolved the faculty senate and established a new council appointed by university officials to oversee curricula. The move grants the president and provost direct control over course approvals and academic policies, drawing criticism from faculty. The decision follows Alabama's HB 580, which limits faculty senate powers but exempted Auburn and the University of Alabama.
- In the birthplace of Civil Rights Movement, groups rally to defend Black political representation
Thousands of people are rallying in Montgomery, Alabama to defend Black political representation as conservative states dismantle congressional districts that helped secure Black political power. The rally is a response to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that weakened voting rights law. The event is held in the birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement, where veterans of the movement are alarmed by the speed of rollbacks on protections won through generations of sacrifice.