Health Prefiled bill would overhaul Alabama’s new hemp regulation law Senate Bill 1, reintroduced by Sen. April Weaver, would upend the House Bill 445's framework and restrict sales to licensed pharmacies. Mary Claire WootenJune 26, 2025
Health Montgomery mayor issues order mandating face masks in public Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed announced an executive order Wednesday mandating the wearing of face masks in the city, a day after the City Council... Micah DanneyJune 17, 2020
Elections States must act to secure safe elections amid COVID-19 crisis, report finds The spread of COVID-19 continues filling up intensive care beds and breaking records nearly daily, and as elections in Alabama near, the need to... Eddie BurkhalterJune 17, 2020
Governor Report: Medicaid expansion needed during COVID-19 crisis More than 340,000 Alabamians are suffering because the state hasn’t expanded Medicaid, and during the COVID-19 pandemic, the need to do so is all... Eddie BurkhalterJune 17, 2020
Health ICU bed use, COVID-19 hospitalizations reach new highs in Alabama Since the first case of COVID-19 arrived in Alabama in March, Dr. Donald Williamson, the president of the Alabama Hospital Association, has said he’s... Eddie BurkhalterJune 16, 2020
Health Auburn students who attended gatherings, bar worker test positive for COVID-19 Twenty-four Auburn University students and a worker at an Auburn bar have all tested positive for COVID-19, a sign that social gatherings and the... Eddie BurkhalterJune 15, 2020
Health Fourth Alabama inmate dies with COVID-19, 13 others from same prison test positive A fourth person serving in an Alabama prison has died after testing positive for COVID-19, and 13 other inmates housed in an infirmary with... Eddie BurkhalterJune 15, 2020
Health Alabama’s surge in COVID-19 cases troubling, UAB doctors say Alabama’s surge in COVID-19 cases is stressing hospitals and, if the rise in cases continues, could put all patients in jeopardy, doctors at UAB... Eddie BurkhalterJune 15, 2020
Health “We can’t handle much more”: Doctors sound alarm as COVID-19 surges in Alabama Some 7,283 cases of the coronavirus have been reported in Alabama since June 1, or about 29 percent of the state’s total confirmed case... Chip BrownleeJune 14, 2020
Health For first time, Alabama reports more than 1,000 COVID-19 cases in a single day For the first time, Alabama has reported an increase of more than 1,000 cases of coronavirus in a single-day, according to data from the... Chip BrownleeJune 14, 2020
Health Alabama reports third day of record-setting COVID-19 numbers Alabama’s COVID-19 case count continues to surge as the Department of Public Health on Saturday, for the third day in a row, reported more... Chip BrownleeJune 13, 2020