Health General Fund budget will address Alabama’s maternal mortality crisis Advocates say extended coverage is the start of a "healthy future" for Alabama mothers. StaffApril 20, 2022
Featured Opinion Opinion | GOP candidates have deadly priorities Perhaps this crisis wouldn’t even exist if the state had done what it should have done years ago: Expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care... Joey KennedyApril 17, 2022
Prisons Alabama man serving at Donaldson prison dies Brian Sullivan was being treated for an advanced, terminal illness, the Alabama Department of Corrections confirmed. Eddie BurkhalterNovember 1, 2021
State AG announces second distribution of funds from McKinsey opioid settlement This is the first multistate opioid settlement to result in substantial payment to the states to address the crisis. StaffOctober 20, 2021
Prisons Report: Alabama legislation likely to worsen state’s prison crisis ACLU of Alabama's "Statehouse-to-Prison Pipeline" report found that 53 of 139 bills that would worsen the crisis passed last session. Eddie BurkhalterAugust 25, 2021
Featured Opinion Opinion | Shameless: Alabama asks to use COVID funds to build more prisons "The Department of Corrections wants federal dollars to build more prisons. The Treasury Department should laugh." Josh MoonJuly 19, 2021
Featured Opinion Opinion | Public safety or political pandering? "Perilous situations require sacrifice, and true leaders do what's right, not what's poll-tested." Bill BrittDecember 14, 2020
Opinion Opinion | We’re just hours from Election Day. Do you have a plan to vote? "Alabama’s working people deserve better, and on Nov. 3, we have the opportunity to make it truly great." Bren RileyOctober 30, 2020
Opinion Opinion | The HEROES Act is what Alabama needs The HEROES Act is the road map to rebuilding America and saving working families. Bren RileyJuly 24, 2020
Featured Opinion Opinion | Science is hard for Alabama, Del Marsh On a good day in Alabama, science is not our friend. On bad days, during complicated, scary times, when science and medicine are confusing... Josh MoonJuly 10, 2020