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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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Sentencing reform needed, advocates say, but state official says it won’t come easy or cheap

Montgomery– Alabama’s prisons are overcrowded, violent and the living conditions horrid, but the fixes aren’t going to come easy, according to the director of the state’s Sentencing Commission, speaking to the Governor’s Study Group on Criminal Justice Policy on Thursday. Alabama’s prison system is under threat of federal takeover if the state doesn’t remedy the … Continued
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October 4, 2019

DCH Health System closes three hospitals except “critical” patients after ransomware attack

Three hospitals operated by DCH Health System in Alabama were closed Tuesday to all but the most critical patients after cyber criminals attacked the hospital system’s computers, holding them ransom for an unspecified amount of money,  In a statement Tuesday, DCH Health System said DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa, Northport Medical Center in Northport … Continued
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October 1, 2019

Goldman Sachs report analyzes climate change impacts

Investment banking powerhouse Goldman Sachs’s recent report predicts climate change will drive the “largest infrastructure buildout in history” as cities spend big to mitigate rising seas, flooding, increasingly strong storms longer and more intense heat waves and threats to food and water supplies.  The report by Global Market Institute, Goldman Sachs’ research think tank, states … Continued
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October 1, 2019

Gulf environmental group’s lawsuit claims waivers for offshore oil drillers are unsafe, illegal

An environmental advocacy group on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration claiming the government is allowing offshore oil drillers to skip critical safety tests put in place to prevent another event like the deadly Deepwater Horizon disaster.  The Washington D.C.-based nonprofit legal advocacy group Democracy Forward filed a civil suit in the U.S. … Continued
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September 27, 2019

State VA Commissioner Kent Davis to undergo cancer surgery Friday, urges regular checkups

Kent Davis wants it known, especially among vulnerable veterans, just how important regular medical checkups are, and for good reason.  Davis, commissioner of the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs, on Friday will undergo surgery for an aggressive form of prostate cancer.  September is also National Prostate Health Month, when health care provides work to increase … Continued
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September 26, 2019