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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.

Alabama picked for World Vision distribution center

Evangelist Scott Dawson doesn’t want to see teachers spend their own money to make sure their students don’t go without, so he’s doing something about it.  During the month of August more than 4,000 low-income public school children across central Alabama will be getting school supplies donated through a partnership between local churches and the … Continued
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August 7, 2019

Alabama 4th most dangerous state for drivers, according to report

Alabama was the fourth most dangerous state for drivers in 2017, according to a report by Esurance.  The San Francisco-based insurance company used data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to determine that Alabama has 19.4 crash fatalities per 100,000 residents. The state with the most auto accident fatalities per capita was Mississippi, with … Continued
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August 7, 2019

Public trust in scientists rises, according to poll

The number of Americans who think scientists act in the public’s best interest is up from 2016, but the public is divided along party lines over views on scientific objectivity, research quality and trust of the scientific method.   While 57 percent of Americans say they have mostly positive views of environmental research scientists there are … Continued
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August 6, 2019

UAB’s 10th Avenue “Road Diet” project completed

Workers recently completed a redesign of 10 city blocks within the campus of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, meant to keep pedestrians and cyclists safer. University administrators were joined Thursday outside of the Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts facility by Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin for a ribbon-cutting to commemorate the newly completed “10th … Continued
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August 6, 2019

Heat, stagnation: Impact of climate change in Alabama

Editor’s note: This is the third installment in APR’s yearlong series on climate change in Alabama. Eddie Burkhalter is a staff writer at Alabama Political Reporter and a fellow at the Poynter-Koch Media and Journalism Fellowship. The program is a partnership between the Poynter Institute and the Charles Koch Institute. Charles G. Koch is chairman of the … Continued
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August 1, 2019