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Eddie Burkhalter

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

Clinical trials of inhaled version of drug to treat COVID-19 to begin

The company behind the only drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for treatment of COVID-19 announced Monday plans to begin clinical trials of an inhaled version of the drug, which, if proven beneficial, could make it easier to administer and treat people earlier. In an open letter posted to Gilead Sciences website … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

June 23, 2020

SPLC condemns racial threat of noose found in Black NASCAR driver’s stall

The Southern Poverty Law Center responded to the discovery of a noose in the garage stall of a Black NASCAR driver on Sunday. Lecia Brooks, SPLC’s chief workplace transformation officer, in a statement Monday expressed concern over the use of a noose in an act of racial intimidation against Bubba Wallace, the only Black driver … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

June 23, 2020

Private prison company vying to build Alabama’s new prisons mulling strategies amid falling stock prices

Shares for the private prison company bidding to build one or more of Alabama three new prisons are down more than 50 percent this year, and the company is reconsidering its business model. Tennessee-based CoreCivic’s shares are down by nearly 51 percent from a year ago, and down by 250 percent from 2017. The company … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

June 22, 2020

Federal agencies, NASCAR investigating noose left in Bubba Wallace’s garage stall

Federal agencies are investigating the discovery of a noose found in the garage stall of NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace, who is black, at Talladega Superspeedway. Jay Town, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, said Monday that his office, the FBI and the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division are looking into the incident. … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

June 22, 2020

Nonprofit formed to rename Edmund Pettus Bridge for Georgia Rep. John Lewis

The man behind the online petition to rename the Edmund Pettus Bridge for Georgia Rep. John Lewis, who marched across the Selma bridge in 1965 and was attacked along with other civil rights activists, has launched a nonprofit aimed to see the renaming to its end and to remove other signs of the Confederacy. Michael … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

June 22, 2020

Overcrowded prison accounts for nearly quarter of all prison COVID-19 cases

One dangerously overcrowded prison in Alabama has nearly a quarter of all the state’s confirmed COVID-19 cases among inmates and staff. Twenty percent of all confirmed COVID-19 cases among staff and inmates in Alabama’s prisons were at Staton Correctional Facility in Elmore County, as of Friday, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections. Twenty-four workers … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

June 19, 2020

Alabama added to Kansas quarantine list as COVID-19 cases rise

Alabama was added to a travel ban list set by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment on Wednesday as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to rise. “Those who have traveled to the following locations need to quarantine for 14 days after arrival in Kansas. This applies to both Kansas residents and those visiting Kansas,” … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

June 19, 2020

Alabama Democrats call for Rep. Will Dismukes to resign over support for Confederacy

Updated at 8 p.m. to include a response from Rep. Will Dismukes. The executive director of the Alabama Democratic Party on Friday called for the resignation of a Republican state representative over his support for the Confederacy, Confederate monuments and his membership in a local Sons of Confederate Veterans chapter. The Alabama Democratic Party — … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

June 19, 2020

Alabama’s unemployment rate falls to 9.9 percent

Alabama’s 9.9 percent unemployment rate in May is down slightly from April, and the reduction comes after Gov. Kay Ivey relaxed some restrictions meant to slow the spread of COVID-19 and allowed more businesses to open. The state’s revised unemployment rate in April was 13.8 percent. The state’s 9.9 percent unemployment rate in May is … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

June 19, 2020

Montgomery Bail Out Fund to set nine free from jails to commemorate Juneteenth

Nine people being held in jails in Montgomery and Autauga counties are to be released today, bailed out by a group in honor of Juneteenth, a commemoration of the ending of slavery in the U.S. The Montgomery Bail Out Fund, a group of Montgomery attorneys, teachers, activists and advocates, is partnering with the Movement for … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

June 19, 2020