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Alabama governor signs ban on diversity, equity and inclusion programs

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    8% Center

  • Reliability

    40% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    2% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    55% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : The bill defines DEI programs as "Any program, class, training, seminar or other event where attendance is based on an individual's race, sex, gender identity, ethnicity national origin or sexual orientation or that otherwise violates this act.
51% : ALABAMA (WHNT) -- Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has signed a bill that will ban diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs in state agencies, local boards of education and institutions of higher learning.
48% : The bill, introduced as SB129, prohibits the use of state funds for state agencies, school boards and colleges and universities maintaining DEI programs or offices, though it does offer some limited exceptions.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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