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Alabama Political Reporter
- Elections
Alabama-based Strategy Management win three industry awards
Justice Tommy Bryan announces bid for re-election to Alabama Supreme Court
District 10 election challenge moves towards House hearing
Justice Sarah Stewart takes large fundraising lead
Speaker Ledbetter endorses Chris McCool for Alabama Supreme Court
- Governor
Governor releases statements following successful Special Session
Governor issues executive order to “cut red tape” for citizens, businesses
Ivey calls for $1B in tax rebates, sets Special Session in State of the State
Full text: Gov. Kay Ivey’s 2023 State of the State address
Gov. Ivey announces grants to support domestic violence shelters
- Legislature
Bill filed to eliminate Jefferson Davis holiday
Bill seeks to create manslaughter charges for drug trafficking leading to overdose
Bill to prohibit guns on school grounds sent to subcommittee
Rep. Ken Paschal sponsors bill governing unclaimed remains of military veterans
Paroles director: “We aren’t interested in microchipping parolees”
- Economy
- National
Alabama GOP members of Congress rush to defend Trump after historic indictment
Sewell, colleagues introduce the Nancy Gardner Sewell Cancer Early Detection Act
Sen. Katie Britt grills federal regulators on recent bank failures
Defense Secretary: Tuberville’s blockade damaging U.S. military
Sen. Britt issues statement after Mexican military withdraws from Vulcan’s port
- Education
PARCA: Average ACT scores, college readiness dropped for class of 2022
Alabama colleges awarded nearly 28,000 bachelor’s degrees over the last decade
ALSDE launches “Teachers are the Real Influencers” campaign
Sewell to announce funding to support student initiatives at Birmingham-Southern College
One year in, Skills for Success rapid training shows results
- Health
Advocacy groups to rally for Medicaid expansion
New Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences to be established in Demopolis by 2026
Medical associations launch campaign to warn Alabamians of fentanyl dangers
Mental health system faces crises of workforce shortage, uncompensated care
COVID-19 deaths in Alabama reach 21,000
- Opinion
Opinion | Now is the time to remove Alabama’s grocery tax
Opinion | House speaker: Enhancing Alabama’s competitive edge
Opinion | Infrastructure is critical to almost every aspect of daily life
Opinion | Marshall County, Enterprise emerging as Alabama political breeding grounds
Opinion | Credit Card Competition Act can help alleviate costs for Alabamians
UAB Hospital stories
Health
The number of Alabama children testing positive for COVID-19 recently is four times the number in early August 2020.
Health
UAB's Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo said two children under the age of two are on ventilators in a Birmingham hospital.
Health
Talks are underway to decide whether federal medical teams are needed to assist in state hospitals.
Health
In the city of Dothan and in Baldwin County, there were more patients in ICUs than those hospitals had formal ICU beds for.
Health
Kimberlin said the delta variant is “rapidly spreading among children” and school systems need to heed the recommendations.
Health
Alabama hospitals are seeing younger COVID-19 patients who do not have underlying medical conditions.
Health
Leaders of eight Birmingham area hospitals said the delta strain is filling beds with younger, sicker patients faster than ever before.
Health
“We are standing in a tunnel right now and the train is accelerating at us as we speak," he said.
Health
COVID hospitalizations in Huntsville Hospital Health System have more than tripled in less than a month.
