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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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State finance director recommended waiting to debate state budgets

Alabama’s finance director said that he recommended to Gov. Kay Ivey and to the Alabama Legislature that they wait to debate the state’s budgets until there was more information about the impact COVID-19 was having on Alabama’s economy and the government’s tax revenues. But lawmakers made the decision to move forward with the budgets. Most … Continued
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May 6, 2020

National Federation of Independent Business wants changes to Paycheck Protection Program

A Tennessee-based nonprofit advocacy group for small businesses on Monday asked the federal government to make changes to the Paycheck Protection Program, which provides loans to COVID-19-impacted small businesses.  The National Federation of Independent Business in a letter to the U.S. Small Business Administration and the U.S. Treasury Department on Monday recommended several changes the … Continued
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May 5, 2020

Seventh Alabama inmate tests positive for COVID-19

An inmate at the St. Clair Correctional Facility has tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the seventh state inmate to test positive for the virus, the Alabama Department of Corrections announced late Monday.  The man tested positive “while he was at a local hospital where he received care for a non-COVID-19 related preexisting medical condition,” ADOC’s … Continued
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May 4, 2020

Jones calls for “Paycheck Security Act” to save workers’ salaries and health care

Sen. Doug Jones, D-Alabama, and three other Democratic senators in a call with reporters Friday said their “Paycheck Security Act” would save American workers’ paychecks and existing healthcare, and keep the businesses that hire them afloat amid the COVID-19 crisis.  The plan would cover wages and benefits of furloughed or laid-off workers at businesses and … Continued
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May 1, 2020