Worsening mental health, sleeping issues among essential workers, UAB official says
A marked increase in mental health, weight, and sleeping issues has been recorded among essential workers and COVID-19 patients.
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Redistricting public forum to be held by advocacy groups before special session
Multiple social justice and voting rights advocacy groups are planning a two-part public forum.
Alabama Senate approves use of $400 million of COVID relief for prison construction
The House is expected to vote Friday on final passage for one bill, with the rest of the bills awaiting the governor's signature.
Alabama Senate committee approves $400 million in COVID funds for new prisons
Each of the bills was passed on to the Rules Committee, then on to the Senate for consideration on Friday.
Protest over use of COVID funds for prisons held outside Statehouse
A group of protestors — many parents, siblings, or children of incarcerated individuals — demonstrated outside the Statehouse Wednesday afternoon.
Alternate prison construction bill emerges to create smaller capacity facilities
The bill, submitted Tuesday, would create two new correctional facilities within Elmore and Escambia counties, each holding up to 3,000 people.
House committee approves re-sentencing, supervision reforms
House Bill 1 and HB2 were recommended by Gov. Kay Ivey's Study Group on Criminal Justice Policy, which was formed in 2019.
Shelby urges Democrats to adopt funding bill to stave off shutdown, default
By mid-October, if the debt ceiling doesn't rise, the U.S. could default on its debts for the first time in history.
A.G. Gaston Motel receives $1.1 million grant for restoration
The grant will support the restoration of the interior coffee shop and dining room in the 1968 wing of the motel.
Report: Opioid prescriptions in Alabama down by 38 percent
Alabama physicians are prescribing lower and safer dosages of opioids to prescribed patients.