7. Members of North Alabama’s transgender community are expressing disappointment after Rocket City Pride Fest included the Log Cabin Republicans, a group some view as holding anti-trans stances, as a vendor at this year’s event. In response, Briar Wolf organized a separate gathering at Ditto Landing to ensure everyone in the community feels represented. Rocket City Pride has promised to review its practices and seek community input moving forward.
6. Secretary of State Wes Allen and the State of Alabama is the target of a lawsuit by the Department of Justice (DOJ) for purging several thousand voters from Alabama’s rolls just 84 days before a federal election. This week, a federal judge ordered the purge — intended to remove non-U.S. citizens from the state’s voter rolls — to stopbecause Allen missed the 90-day cutoff mandated by federal law. Allen argues, “I was elected Secretary of State by the people of Alabama, and it is my Constitutional duty to ensure …