Turnout in next week’s primary runoff election is expected to be lower than the March 3 primary, but more Alabamians have already submitted absentee ballots for the Tuesday contests than did in March.
Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh on Tuesday sent Gov. Kay Ivey a proposal to spend $300 million in federal coronavirus relief money on internet connectivity in the state.
“This virus is not like anything we’ve ever seen and has hit our nursing homes and staff exceptionally hard. I am relieved to know we will have assistance to contain the spread of this virus and hopefully be able to eliminate it from our nursing homes.”
The Morgan County Rescue Squad, Decatur Police, and Decatur Fire & Rescue responded to a report of a body in the water near the Port of Decatur Tuesday morning.
The Alabama State Department of Education has selected a company called SchoolsPLP to provide a statewide virtual learning option for K-12 students in the upcoming school year.
Investigators with the Chilton County Sheriff’s Department and the 19th Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office charged the defendant James Cleckler with murder after he confessed to it on October 8, 1986.
The expansion is for $163 million and will allow the facility to meet the U.S. government’s need for vials and syringes as the battle against COVID-19 continues.
Sheriff Matt Gentry said the Community Response Team (CRT) is a new team with the responsibility to enforce drug laws and aid the patrol deputies with reducing thefts, burglaries, and other crimes.
And while tax collection at physical locations still far outpaces online retail, sales tax is down about .5% year-over-year. The SSUT collection has about doubled.
It’s an astounding case of animal cruelty. A pit bull is safe and sound with a veterinarian in Pike Road, but just a few days ago it didn’t look good for the pet.
Multiple search warrants have been entered into the court record. In them, deputies describe arriving on the scene of the murders on Talucah Road in Valhermoso Springs.
Mackey says as the state looks forward to the 2020-2021 school year, we know many challenges lie ahead, but it is the intention of the Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE) that all schools reopen this fall under the following guiding principles.
Instead of seeming ambitious, that workforce development goal is now considered a necessity for the state’s economic recovery and getting hundreds of thousands of Alabamians back to work.
The rising coronavirus cases are putting Alabama on more travel advisory lists for New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. If you plan to visit the tri-state area, you’ll have to quarantine for 14 days.
Five years after they graduated in 2013, 51% of Alabama public university bachelor’s degree recipients were employed in the state, according to a new report.
In his recent campaigns for Congress, former State Rep. Barry Moore, R-Enterprise, has frequently touted his claim of being Alabama’s first elected official to publicly endorse Donald Trump for president. But the first time Trump was on the ballot in the competitive 2016 presidential primary, Moore
Two recent surveys testing the Alabama Senate race show some mixed results, but generally positive signs for former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville.
A 4-year-old Eufaula boy who nearly drowned while vacationing in Panama City Beach last week has now been released from the hospital and is well on his way to recovery.
“We must embrace Alabama’s full legacy,” the mayor noted. “Juneteenth allows us to commemorate the symbolic and historical end of slavery while reflecting on the long road to racial reconciliation in America.”
The report does not include information on how much of that forfeited money, or other property, was taken from people who were not charged or convicted of crimes. In 2019, some lawmakers pushed to stop the state’s use of forfeitures without convictions.
A state law regarding free speech at public colleges and universities goes into effect July 1, but doesn’t require any action by schools until early 2021.
The number of positive COVID cases continues to rise and health leaders are expressing grave concerns. State health leaders say they’re looking at options, but also urging local leaders to take action.
The Southern Poverty Law Center will be investing $30 million into voter outreach organizations in five southern states to increase voter registration and fight voter suppression.
On Monday, a federal judge lifted a statewide ban on curbside voting and waived certain absentee ballot requirements for voters in at least Jefferson, Mobile and Lee Counties for the July 14 election.
Alabama lawmakers recently approved funding for a pilot scholarship program to get recent college graduates with degrees in science, technology, engineering and math subjects to live in the city of Decatur and the Demopolis areas.
Montgomery County now has the highest number of COVID-19 cases in Alabama with 2,791 cases, according to data from the Alabama Department of Public Health.
Alabama’s unemployment rate steadily decreased amid a booming economy last year, but the number of people receiving health care through Medicaid in Alabama grew in 2019.
Alabama colleges and universities are getting about $275 million directly from the federal government to help mitigate the impacts of the coronavirus on them and at least some of their students.
Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill says we’re prepared for July’s runoff election, despite concerns over the chaotic experience in Georgia Tuesday.
The rest of the funds were mostly made available directly to state agencies through existing programs in order to address pressing needs at the beginning of the pandemic.
The newer Dollar General, just a couple of miles from another one in East Gadsden, would be located on a vacant lot near the entrance to Tillison Bend.
A survey conducted on behalf of the Sessions campaign shows the former U.S. Attorney General trailing the former Auburn football coach 43% to 49% in a ballot test among likely Republican voters.
Last month, Alabama Daily News reported that ALSDE wants a statewide virtual learning option for K-12 students whose parents may not want them to return to traditional classrooms this fall.
