Eddie Burkhalter

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

Prisons

Man becomes at least 15th preventable death in Alabama prisons this year

Marcus Terrell Grubbs died after he was attacked by another incarcerated man at Kilby Correctional, the Alabama Department of Corrections confirmed Thursday.

May 6, 2022

Yale report finds flawed science in Alabama’s law criminalizing care for transgender youth

Leading physicians and law experts from Yale University say Alabama's law gets the science behind transgender care wrong, and places lives at risk.

May 6, 2022

ALDOT announces $115 million widening U.S. 411, I-759 connector projects

Alabama Department of Transportation director John Cooper said Rebuild Alabama Act funds are making the projects possible.

May 5, 2022

Lawsuit alleging racism in Homewood Police Department moving forward

Veteran officer Victor Sims alleges the department discriminated against him because is Black, then retaliated when he spoke out.

May 4, 2022

SPLC Action Fund endorses two in 10th Judicial Circuit races

Those endorsed are Tiara Hudson and Paul Rand, both public defenders in the Jefferson County Public Defender’s Office.

May 4, 2022

Ingram State, Four Star Freightliner announce inmate apprenticeship program

Students in the program will be trained to repair and maintain diesel engines, and can obtain full-time employment through a work-release program.

May 4, 2022

Jan. 6 Committee seeks meeting with Mo Brooks over deadly Capitol attack

The Jan. 6 Committee asked for a meeting to discuss Brooks's statements that Trump asked for his help to overturn the election results.

May 3, 2022

Alabama to pay $623 million for new prison in Elmore County.

APR received a redacted version of the contract of Friday, which details the agreement with Montgomery-based Caddell Construction.

May 2, 2022

Durant declines offer to debate Katie Britt, Mo Brooks

The businessman had previously said he'd debate, but declined after Britt and Brooks agreed to three separate dates.

May 2, 2022

Alabama House speaker endorses Gov. Kay Ivey in re-election bid

Ivey in a statement thanked Speaker Mac McCutcheon for the endorsement and touted Alabama's passage of anti-abortion and anti-trans laws.

April 29, 2022