Category Archives: Alabama

PBN’s Perfect Match: Seasoned Campaigner Jason Cooper Joins PBN Team

PBN proudly announced today the appointment of innovative and experienced progressive organizing leader Jason Cooper to the new position of Program Director. As the conversation about grassroots, bottom-up change becomes a defining constituent in local, regional and national politics, PBN continues to grow as a perfectly positioned organization helping ordinary people make real contributions to [...]

Pushback Further Expands Network!

Pushback Network (PBN) is proud to announce a new State Alliance Partnership with Neighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts (N2N-MA). N2N-MA’s leadership as Massachusetts anchor organization makes the Bay State the eighth state in PBN’s growing coast-to-coast network. NWN-MA grew out of Neighbor to Neighbor, a national organization which focused on organizing in Central America in the [...]

Pushback Expands Network

New Statewide Anchor Organization, PLAN, Brings 7th State into Pushback Network PBN is proud to announce a new State Alliance Partnership with the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada (PLAN), making Nevada the seventh state in its growing coast-to-coast network. PLAN was formed in 1994 to bring people and organizations together to build a better Nevada [...]

ACTION ALERT: Committees OK grocery tax repeal; Bills move to full chambers

Alabama took a step toward lower grocery taxes and a higher threshold for income tax Wednesday when legislative committees approved HB 274 and SB 431, the Tax Fairness Amendment of 2008. The House Education Appropriations Committee gave the plan a favorable report by voice vote. Meanwhile, the vote in the Senate Finance and Taxation – [...]