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State Senate passes bill banning ESG use in state investments; Governor expected to veto

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

Alabama tax rebate checks will start going out this year. Here’s how much you’ll get and when you can start checking your bank account.

In 2021, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed a law that said K-12 students must participate in sports that coincide with the gender they were assigned at birth. Now, the same applies to college athletes.

On Monday, the Supreme Court sided with an Alabama death-row inmate who, after surviving a botched lethal injection attempt last year, says he wants to die by gas chamber instead.

After an array of botched and unsuccessful executions, the state's Department of Corrections says its ready to start executing inmates again.

Gov. Ivey replaced her director of early childhood education over the use of a teacher training book that Ivey said teaches "woke concepts" because of language about inclusion and structural racism.

High school students Philstavious ‘Phil’ Dowdell and KeKe Nicole Smith among four killed in incident during Saturday night celebration at Mahogany Masterpiece Dance Studio

High school students Philstavious ‘Phil’ Dowdell and KeKe Nicole Smith among four killed in incident during Saturday night celebration at Mahogany Masterpiece Dance Studio

High school students Philstavious ‘Phil’ Dowdell and KeKe Nicole Smith among four killed in incident during Saturday night celebration at Mahogany Masterpiece Dance Studio

Police cordoned off a dance studio after the shooting