Eddie Burkhalter

Eddie Burkhalter is a reporter at the Alabama Political Reporter. You can email him at [email protected] or reach him via Twitter.

Economy

Report: All 25 Black Belt counties are among 35 counties with the highest poverty

Alabama’s average poverty rate is 17.6 percent. The Black Belt’s average is 24 percent.

March 29, 2022

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshal was questioned Thursday about the role the organization he leads played in Jan. 6.

March 25, 2022

A Gallup poll published Wednesday found that 58 percent of Americans polled said the Senate should vote in favor of Jackson.

March 24, 2022

The Business Council of Alabama's political action committee endorsed both incumbents and non-incumbents.

March 24, 2022

Trump in a statement said Brooks 44-point lead evaporated based on statements Brooks made that people should get over the 2020 presidential election.

March 23, 2022

Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour would benefit 896,551 workers in Alabama, according to the report.

March 23, 2022

The association endorsed five incumbent House members, all seeking reelection.

March 23, 2022

The report notes that just 6 percent of Black Belt students obtained graduate or professional degrees in 2019, compared to 10 percent statewide.

March 22, 2022

The Alabama Farmers Federation has endorsed state representatives Gil Isbell, Steve Hurst and Matt Simpson.

March 18, 2022

Barbara Maxwell says her son's death was preventable, and that officials need to act to rid the state's prisons of drugs.

March 15, 2022