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Alabama lawmakers have approved a bipartisan bill that would make teachers and state employees eligible for paid parental leave. The Republican dominated House of Representatives passed the legislation 94-2 on Thursday. It now goes to Republican Gov. Kay Ivey, who has endorsed the legislation.

Gov. Kay Ivey is working to fulfilling a commitment to support Alabama families and to recruit and retain public-school teachers and state employees. The office of the state leader says this is being done through a new legislative proposal.

A conference to discuss the changing educational landscape in Alabama and explore what’s possible for the future is on the books. More than 400 education advocates, policymakers, school leaders, teachers, students, parents and community stakeholders from across the state are headed to Birmingham for the Alabama Opportunity Summit.

One of the last remaining birthing units in southern Alabama will close next month to qualify for federal funding that will save the hospital’s emergency services, but doctors warn the move may cost newborns and pregnant women essential access to obstetric care.

Mothers could soon be offered help in surrendering newborn babies to get a second chance at life. House Bill 473 introduces Safe Haven Baby Boxes to the state where parents can surrender their baby anonymously and safely.

Parents with children in Alabama's prepaid college tuition program are frustrated that they can't plan for the future while the Alabama Supreme Court…