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- Legislature
Chip Brown pre-files bill to provide tax cuts to Gulf Coast commercial fishermen
Alabama House minority leader: No support for new prisons without other reforms
Ivey tells lawmakers she’ll set special session for prison construction
Chris Elliott named 2021 Legislator of the Year by the Alabama Forestry Association
League of Women Voters oppose dividing counties in redistricting
- Opinion
- National
Tuberville “concerned” federal pension funds are being invested in Chinese companies
Marshall tells Biden not to proceed with COVID vaccine rules
State prosecutors urge court to reject motion for Mike Hubbard’s early release
Sewell votes to advance Biden’s Build Back Better plan out of committee
Tuberville says that Biden “defeated our troops” in Afghanistan
- Education
New MAPs program creates training pathways from adult education to high-demand careers
Program helps students transition from adult education programs to college
Vestavia City Schools reverses mask mandate
Tuberville praises HBCUs in Senate floor speech
Search for a new Alabama A&M president divides officials and alumni
- Health
Alabama’s COVID deaths increasing, state ICU beds at 98 percent capacity
UAB doctors talk COVID, Pfizer’s vaccine safe and effective for 5-11 year olds
Alabama Hospital Association: Federal COVID aid needed to help struggling hospitals
Alabama State Health Officer: More deaths than births in 2020
One in 390 Alabamians have died of COVID-19
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It is evident that Gov. Kay Ivey is determined to build three new men’s correctional facilities. Ivey’s move is not without controversy, but after...
News
In 2016, together with former colleague Assistant Federal Public Defender Donnie W. Bethel, I wrote, “[p]eople of all persuasions, political parties, and philosophies have awakened...
National
The U.S.’s first memorial dedicated to those terrorized by lynchings, the legacy of enslaved black people and African-Americans who faced the terror of the...
News
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter In Alabama, even when a jury recommends someone only receive life in prison, a trial judge in a...
Opinion
By Donnie W. Bethel and Stephen A. Cooper People of all persuasions, political parties, and philosophies have awakened to the terrible toll the crises...
