Robyn Hyden

Life-long Alabamian. ED @AlabamaArise. Typically tweeting on #alpolitics and state policies to promote dignity, equity and justice for all.

[Robyn Hyden @robynhyden]

Reflecting on a great 2025 legislative session for Alabama Arise members and partners!
✔️ 2nd cent reduction in grocery tax
✔️ sales taxes removed on women’s menstrual products, baby food + diapers
✔️ paid parental leave for state employees and teachers
✔️ Maternal Health Act

[Larry Levitt @larry_levitt]

ACA enrollment has dropped in every state, except New Mexico. What's special about New Mexico? They are the only state to fully replace the extra federal premium subsidies that ended this year.

[Katie Bergh @Katie_Bergh]

Diminished capacity at USDA is already having an impact. Implementation guidance on the major SNAP changes in the reconciliation law has often been delayed & incomplete. Without the details they needed, some states incorrectly cut off benefits for people who were still eligible.

[COCO @TWOTIMESABITCH]

a lot of people don’t realize the dust bowl wasn’t a natural phenomenon. it happened when agrobusiness interests dramatically transformed the plains without regard for drought, and created vicious dust storms that choked whole families to death. that’s what i think of when i read about data centers.

[Ruth Serven Smith @RuthServenSmith]

New from me and @hannah_denham1 --

As more local governments in Alabama rush to restrict new data centers, some Democrats are calling for a statewide ban – at least temporarily.

Gift link -- https://t.co/ErofpVAlzX

[Katie Bergh @Katie_Bergh]

No one should be waiting 8 months for help they need & are eligible for. But understaffed states now face huge new costs if they mistakenly give families too much or too little in SNAP — while delaying or outright denying benefits to eligible families doesn’t count as an “error.”

[Alabama Arise @AlabamaArise]

Arise is hiring a Senior Director of Policy and Research! The deadline to apply is Monday, July 13. For job descriptions and details on how to apply, visit https://t.co/CUMkBegsHl.

[Alabama Arise @AlabamaArise]

“Public transportation boosts community connection and helps ensure people can get where they need to go in a timely way,” Arise's @RobynHyden says. Read the full report today. #alpolitics https://t.co/WUNoMDcRyl

[Alabama Arise @AlabamaArise]

"It’s time for our lawmakers to get off the sidelines and make this essential investment in a better future for the people of our state," Arise's @RobynHyden tells the @ALReporter. #alpolitics

https://t.co/Ws2lhxyxaf

[Ty Jones Cox @TyJonesCox]

This plan's reported failure to address the emergency unfolding across the country is unconscionable. 4+ million people (including 800k kids) have already lost SNAP, far more than many expected. Congress must delay H.R. 1’s huge shift cost shift to states. https://t.co/cgbS9GYWXu

[Katie Bergh @Katie_Bergh]

Secretary Rollins tells the Senate Agriculture Committee that “no one wants kids to be hungry.”

In just the 12 states with available data, the number of children receiving SNAP has fallen by more than 700,000 since the deepest SNAP cuts in history were enacted in H.R. 1.

[Robyn Hyden @robynhyden]

This is a win for people who want more regulations over our monopoly utility companies.

[Alabama Daily News @ALDailyNews]

Republican challengers ousted one incumbent and sent another to a runoff in Public Service Commission races.
#ALPolitics
https://t.co/aiEcJuHxAX

[Alex Angle @alexangle_]

New: A federal court issued a preliminary injunction blocking Alabama from using its 2023 congressional map this year. #ALPolitics

[Alabama Arise @AlabamaArise]

Please call and email your state lawmakers today and ask them to vote NO on any legislation that would erode voting protections for Black Alabamians or that would set the stage for changing district lines after voting already has begun. #alpolitics https://t.co/Ihelnx0LLO

[Alabama Arise @AlabamaArise]

“This 11th-hour redistricting effort imperils the diversity of our elected bodies and representation of all communities,” Arise said in a statement to @alreporter. #alpolitics https://t.co/5ItppiTcAE

[Alabama Arise @AlabamaArise]

Contact your state rep and state senator now and urge them to vote against legislation that would undermine voting rights and introduce chaos into Alabama’s elections. #alpolitics https://t.co/LcFj20uJMf

[Alabama Arise @AlabamaArise]

“Eliminating the state grocery tax – even temporarily – will make it easier for every Alabamian to make ends meet, especially in this time of persistently high food prices,” Arise’s @robynhyden said. Read our full statement. #untaxgroceries #alpolitics https://t.co/4wSpNLaiOQ

[Alabama Arise @AlabamaArise]

“To build a better, more inclusive Alabama for all, we must ensure everyone’s voice is heard in our democratic process,” Arise’s @robynhyden tells the @ALReflector. #votingrights #alpolitics https://t.co/4ebyAFzchQ

[Alabama Arise @AlabamaArise]

"We encourage all Alabama voters to check their voter registration and polling place, and to make sure their friends and family are ready to vote," Arise's @robynhyden tells @wsfa12news. #alpolitics https://t.co/gaYDBGbQsq

[Alabama Arise @AlabamaArise]

"I think it's a travesty of justice, I think it's outrageous to be redrawing maps when voters have already been casting absentee ballots for the May 19th election, which is scheduled," Arise's @robynhyden tells @PNS_News. #alpolitics https://t.co/3XoHTCa2oz?

[Alabama Arise @AlabamaArise]

This week, Arise and other groups will lead Alabama Workers' Week of Action. Follow Arise for information on events and ways to support worker power in Alabama.