Opinion
Let us use Mental Health Awareness Month as a catalyst for change.
Hi, what are you looking for?
Alabama Political Reporter
- Elections
- Governor
Ivey removes APLS board member who criticized threats against agency’s budget
Ivey provides update on Dolly Parton Imagination Library expansion
Ivey announces new round of appointments
Gov. Ivey awards $2.5 million to fight homelessness in Alabama
Governor, treasurer: Alabama will increase investment in Israel bond holdings
- Legislature
Ledbetter supports major gambling bill, aims to end illegal operations in Alabama
2024 school choice bill in Alabama: Size and scope under close watch
Orr proposes bill to cut tax nursing items, feminine hygiene products
Committee continues work to determine distribution of opioid settlement funds
State Rep. James Lomax completes prestigious leadership development program
- Economy
- National
Sewell to continue Congress in Your Community Tour with stops in Wilcox, Lowndes
Rep. Sewell continuing “Congress in Your Community Tour” with new stops
Alabama man sentenced for assaulting officers during Jan. 6 insurrection
Rep. Sewell introduces bipartisan bill to assist rural hospitals
Kelly Clarkson show hosts Alabama transgender teen and supportive dad
- Education
APLS board takes steps to amend code at Ivey’s request
K-12 schools to receive $179 million in Capital Improvement Grant funding
State library service tables vote to discontinue ALA membership
Summer program students gained critical reading and math skills in 2023
Wahl plans to call for state library disaffiliation from ALA
- Health
Stats show Alabama birthing centers primarily serve white women with ability to pay
Study finds more than 1 in 3 Alabamians face mental health issues
Despite high rates of teen pregnancies, STDs, Alabama opts out of CDC health survey
Rep. Sewell to announce major funding for Greene County Hospital and Nursing Home
Plaintiffs argue court should block Cannabis Commission from using scores
- Opinion
Opinion | A change will come; it always does
Opinion | Something strange has happened in Decatur
Opinion | Alabama leaders shine: Competent governance amid challenges this Thanksgiving
Opinion | Porn age verification legislation aligned with far-right astroturf campaign
Opinion | The Iron Bowl and your water pipe
mental health care stories
Health
Gov. Kay Ivey on Monday announced the funding of two additional Mental Health Crisis Centers, further expanding the Alabama Crisis System of Care.
State
Eighty percent of Republican respondents supported investments in rural hospitals, with nearly 68 percent supporting increased mental health care funding.
State
Groups say money should go to expand Medicaid, improve housing, education and access to broadband.
Courts
A federal judge has ordered external monitoring of mental health care in Alabama’s prisons, noting a long and disturbing history of inadequate care and...
Opinion
Alabama’s prisons are notoriously some of the worst in the country. They’re violent. They’re underfunded. They’re unable to handle the mental health care needs...
News
Gov. Kay Ivey’s recently signed a contract with Wexford Health — a company that has been the subject of legislative scrutiny because of its...
News
By House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels Fifteen years ago, Alabama made a promise. Upon ending Wyatt vs. Stickney, the landmark legal decision that led to improved standards...
News
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Governor Robert Bentley wants to float $800 million in bonds to build new prisons. Alabama Department of Corrections...
