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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.

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Jacksonville State considers renaming Bibb Graves Hall

As municipalities and schools across the South grapple with monuments devoted to the Confederacy post-George Floyd’s death at the hands of a police officer, Jacksonville State University looks toward its own Bibb Graves Hall, named for the former governor and Klu Klux Klan member. Matthew Reeves, a 2020 graduate of JSU, started an online petition … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

June 10, 2020

NASCAR bans Confederate flags as some fans set to return June 21 to Talladega

Editor’s note: Story updated at 4:05 p.m. to include NASCAR statement on ban of Confederate flags at NASCAR events and properties. NASCAR on Tuesday announced that some fans can soon return to the stands for the first time since the COVID-19 outbreak and Gov. Kay Ivey’s prohibition on large gatherings, meant to slow the spread … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

June 10, 2020

County commissions association calls for plan on backlog of state inmates held in jails

The Association of County Commissions of Alabama on Wednesday released a statement applauding Gov. Kay Ivey’s emergency proclamation Tuesday, meant to address the transfer of inmates from county jails to state prison facilities amid the COVID-19 crisis. The association also calls on the Alabama Department of Corrections to draft a plan to address a backlog … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

June 10, 2020

Three more prison workers test positive for COVID-19

Three additional Alabama prison workers have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total of active confirmed cases among staff to 75. The Alabama Department of Correction on Tuesday announced the latest confirmed cases among staff, including a worker at the Staton Correctional Facility, one worker at the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women and one at … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

June 10, 2020

Birmingham City Council votes to extend face mask ordinance until July 3

Birmingham City Council members on Tuesday voted to extend the city’s requirement for residents to wear face masks in public. Council members in a 7-1 vote Tuesday agreed to extend the city’s mask ordinance until July 3. It had been in effect since May 1. Councilman Hunter Williams was the lone dissenting vote and said … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

June 9, 2020

Three workers at ADOC headquarters among latest to test positive for COVID-19

Sixteen more Alabama Department of Corrections employees, including three at the department’s headquarters in Montgomery, have tested positive for COVID-19. The department’s latest update, released Monday evening, puts the total of confirmed cases among employees at 99, with 73 cases still active. Five more inmates have tested positive for COVID-19 as well, including inmates at … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

June 9, 2020

Alabama poll workers get first ever elections guide

Municipal poll workers in Alabama for the first time will have a printed guide this year helping them navigate the details of election procedures. The Alabama Secretary of State’s Office and the Alabama League of Municipalities created the 16-page guide to help train poll workers and to answer questions that workers may have, according to … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

June 9, 2020

Gov. Kay Ivey awards $3.2 for home weatherization program

Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded $3.2 million to 14 community action agencies that help low-income, elderly and disabled Alabamians with home weatherization. “Those Alabama residents who are living on limited incomes, especially the elderly and disabled, can struggle to pay higher utility bills in the summer months,” Ivey said in a statement Monday. “These grants … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

June 8, 2020

Seven more prison workers test positive for COVID-19

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases among prison workers in Alabama continues to rise. The Alabama Department of Corrections announced Friday that seven more prison employees have tested positive for the virus. Three workers at the Staton Correctional Facility, three more at the Kilby Correctional Facility and another at the Elmore Correctional Facility all self-reported … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

June 8, 2020

Tuscaloosa city workers, visitors to facilities must wear masks

Beginning today, workers and visitors to facilities owned and operated by the city of Tuscaloosa will have to wear face masks. Tuscaloosa doesn’t have the statutory authority to require the public at-large to wear face masks to help slow the spread of COVID-19, Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox told CBS42 on Friday. “Which we do think … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

June 8, 2020