ADPH switches to once weekly updates of COVID dashboard
The Alabama Department of Public Health has announced that it has switched from daily to weekly updates of COVID-19 statistics.
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Birmingham approves nearly $14 million for drainage systems and city streets
The plan will be funded through a city bond refinancing.
Four dead in Alabama prisons over the weekend
The deaths marked yet another deadly weekend for the state's incarcerated population.
Official missteps, not “good time” laws, led to accused police shooter’s release
The defendant was released on good time, despite committing multiple crimes while incarcerated.
Governor appoints two county commissioners, district attorney
The Governor's Office released Friday the three appointments, all of which are effective immediately.
Alabama 3rd grade reading levels slightly improve: PARCA study
Failure in third-grade reading levels is still above 20 percent of all Alabama third graders, according to the study.
Three incarcerated individuals dead in Alabama prisons last week
An estimated 25 incarcerated men have died in the Alabama prison system since the first of this year.
Brennen Center for Justice files amicus brief in Alabama redistricting lawsuit
The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to hear Merrill v. Milligan later this fall.
Alabama’s COVID positivity rate continues to rise amid BA. 5 subvariant surge
The latest surge is being driven by a spike of BA.5, a highly transmissible omicron subvariant.
PARCA: Majority of Alabamians feel education, healthcare are underfunded
73 percent, or nearly three-quarters of those responding, believe that too little is being spent on education, according to the poll.