Eddie Burkhalter

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

Legislature

Alabama House OK’s bills for drive-thru alcohol sales, EMA funding opportunities

One bill would allow any retailer licensed to sell alcohol for off-premises consumption to sell beer and wine through a drive-through or walk-up window.

February 11, 2022

Alabama Senate committee OK’s bill to criminalize treatments for transgender youth

Opponents of the bill say preventing such treatments will result in more suicides among transgender youth.

February 10, 2022

House committee holds public hearing on bill to allow concealed carry without a permit

Opponents of the bill said doing away with those permits, which require background checks, would endanger the lives of law enforcement officers.

February 10, 2022

Groups condemn SCOTUS allowing Alabama’s new congressional maps to stand

A lawsuit alleges those maps likely violate the Voting Rights Act because they maintain just one majority-minority congressional district.

February 10, 2022

Senate committee approves two monument bills

One bill would make it a Class B felony to damage a monument during a riot, with a prison sentence up to 20 years.

February 9, 2022

Program Wednesday to honor three groundbreaking Alabama women

The program will honor Birmingham suffragist Mollie Dowd, Decatur newspaper editor Eva Sterrs and educator and activist Bess Bolden Walcott.

February 8, 2022

SELC files suit against builder behind Shelby County subdivision alleging water pollution

The Southern Environmental Law Center on Monday filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Coosa Riverkeeper against Newcastle Homes.

February 8, 2022

Leaders react to Supreme Court’s ruling over Alabama’s new redistricting maps

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturns a lower court’s ruling that those maps likely violate the Voting Rights Act.

February 8, 2022

Facade of US Supreme court in Washington DC on sunny day

SCOTUS allows Alabama’s new Republican-drawn congressional maps to remain

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision overturns a lower court's ruling that those maps likely violate the Voting Rights Act.

February 7, 2022

Former Alabama correctional officer gets nine years in prison over prisoner beating

Willie Burks III, a former ADOC lieutenant, failed to stop another officer from beating two handcuffed inmates, instead telling the officer "it's fair."

February 7, 2022