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Assessed in 23 lifestyle indicators, the state scored especially low in male life expectancy and daycare quality.
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Alabama ABLE savings account holders receive tax deduction
Governor to host ceremonial bill signing for medical marijuana bill, other legislation
Speaker McCutcheon: Wednesday’s meeting with Kay Ivey on prisons “productive”
Rex Reynolds selected to participate in Emerging Legislative Leaders program
Deadline to file for absentee ballot extended to seven days before elections
DOJ warns states against laws that discriminate against transgender youth
Supreme Court upholds Obamacare, rules against Alabama AG Marshall
Tuberville introduces Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act
Appeals Court: States may have exceeded authority by limiting worship during pandemic
Sewell votes to make Juneteenth a federal holiday
Increases in funding for scholarship, grants for students
Growing majority of Alabamians want more spent on education, survey says
Lawmakers critical of Ivey’s veto to delay retention portion of the Literacy Act
Alabama PACT board approves 10 percent increase for tuition, fees
Trial delayed for defendants in virtual schools fraud case
Study ranks Alabama 6th hardest state to be a working dad
Sen. Tommy Tuberville: “These vaccines are safe, effective and free.”
Alabama’s COVID vaccinations lag as experts fear a resurgence
Alabama doctors take calls on TV and answer viewers’ questions about vaccines
Overdose deaths rose 31 percent in Alabama during the pandemic
Assessed in 23 lifestyle indicators, the state scored especially low in male life expectancy and daycare quality.
Eligibility expanded to those 55 and older, those with intellectual and developmental disabilities and other workers on Monday.
The justices wrote that the plaintiffs failed to provide proof that they'd been injured as a result of the mask order.
Beginning March 23, mobile vaccination teams will rotate through designated counties.
The Alabama Department of Public Health urges against indoor gatherings and suggests celebrating virtually or within households.
Saturday marks one year since the state's first confirmed case. Since then, more than 10,000 Alabamians have died.
People 55 and older and those with intellectual and developmental disabilities will soon qualify for a vaccine.
The aid package signed into law by President Biden on Thursday removes the major barrier to expansion, advocates say.
Those on home waiver programs would otherwise be living in nursing homes, where they would have access to vaccines.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released updated visitation guidance for nursing homes Wednesday.
The two mobile units are to administer at least 8,000 vaccinations weekly in underserved, rural areas.
