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Eddie Burkhalter

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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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League of Municipalities, city of Tuscaloosa launch online portal to tally cost of COVID-19

Accurate estimates of the financial costs of the COVID-19 pandemic on local municipalities will be critical when cities ask the federal government for help during the recovery, so the Alabama League of Municipalities on Tuesday announced a new portal designed to help cities do just that.  In partnership with the City of Tuscaloosa, the Alabama … Continued
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April 28, 2020

Trump to order meat-processing plants to remain open

President Donald Trump plans to use the Defense Production Act to force meat-processing plants to continue to operate amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to several news accounts.  That doesn’t sit well with unions that represent the workers who have been contracting and dying from the deadly virus.  “We only wish that this administration cared as … Continued
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April 28, 2020

Jones applauds feds taking up his suggestion to speed COVID-19 relief payments

U.S. Senator Doug Jones, D-Alabama, on Monday thanked President Donald Trump’s administration for following Jones’ request to speed up emergency payments to Americans struggling amid the COVID-19 crisis through the use of debit cards. Jones and Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, on April 7 wrote a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin expressing concern that CARES Act … Continued
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April 27, 2020

CDC adds several COVID-19 symptoms

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have added several new symptoms for COVID-19, meaning we’re still learning more about a virus that’s already killed more than 55,000 Americans and more than 207,000 worldwide.  The CDC now says a new loss of taste or smell, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache and a sore … Continued
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April 27, 2020