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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Commission recommends renaming Confederate-named military bases

The Southern Poverty Law Center Action Fund noted there remain more than 700 such military location still named in honor of the Confederacy.

May 27, 2022

Alabama prisons see three more deaths

Two of the men died within hours of one another at Donaldson prison. Officials are awaiting autopsies.

May 26, 2022

In Alabama House, Senate, nine incumbents lose

In addition to the nine incumbents who lost, three in the Alabama House appear headed for runoffs.

May 26, 2022

Wes Allen, Jim Zeigler headed to runoff in GOP race for secretary of state

State Rep. Wes Allen and State Auditor Jim Zeigler are headed to the Republican primary election runoff set for June 21.

May 25, 2022

Attorney General Steve Marshall wins Republican nomination

Marshall had received nearly 90 percent of the votes as of Tuesday evening, beating out Daphne attorney Harry Bartlett Still III.

May 24, 2022

Two firearms confiscated outside Alabama prisons in late 2021

No suspects have been identified in the case of a gun found in a field outside Fountain Correctional Facility, according to the Department of Corrections.

May 24, 2022

Two more deaths in Alabama prisons

Trey Norwood, 28, was found unresponsive at Ventress on May 17. Earnest Charles McReynolds, 69, died on May 10 at Donaldson Correctional Facility.

May 23, 2022

Alabama reaches new record low unemployment rate

The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 2.8 percent, down from March’s 2.9 percent and April 2021’s rate of 3,6 percent.

May 20, 2022

New podcast “Deliberate Indifference” spotlights Alabama’s deadly prisons

WBHM's Mary Scott Hodgin spent several years investigating Alabama's prison crisis for the podcast, which released the first episode Wednesday.

May 20, 2022

More than 15 million in U.S. could lose Medicaid coverage without action

Once the COVID public health emergency ends, millions will have to reapply for Medicaid or find coverage elsewhere.

May 19, 2022