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President Trump approves Alabama disaster declaration

President Donald Trump on Thursday declared that a major disaster exists in the state of Alabama and ordered federal assistance to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms and flooding from February 5 to March 6, 2020. Federal funding is available to state, tribal and eligible local governments … Continued
May 22, 2020

More than 800,000 Alabamians lived in poverty before the COVID-19 crisis, report finds

More than 800,000 Alabamians, 256,000 of them children, were living below the federal poverty level before the COVID-19 crisis and more than 400,000 lost their jobs statewide, according to a report released Thursday.   Poverty statewide has decreased by 2.4 percentage points since a peak of 19.2 percent in 2014, but Alabama’s poverty rate of 16.8 … Continued
May 21, 2020

Airbus begins production of A220 aircraft

Airbus announced on Tuesday, that it has officially begun production of A220 aircraft at its Final Assembly Line hangar in Mobile. Paul Gaskell is the President of A220 USA and head of the A220 Program in Mobile. “The team is excited to start working in their new facility and to welcome a new customer,” said … Continued
May 21, 2020

CDC issues new guidelines for schools reopening

Most Alabama children have not seen the inside of a school building since March 13. When schools reopen in early August, if schools reopen, much will be different about school as we know it. On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released guidelines on on how schools should reopen in the fall. … Continued
May 21, 2020

Sessions: China “needs our markets more than we need theirs”

Former Senator and current Senate candidate Jeff Sessions (R) spoke to the Huntsville Republican Men’s Breakfast group on Saturday, where China was a major focus of his remarks. “China needs our markets more than we need theirs,” Sessions insisted. “We can make their products ourselves our buy them someplace else. We can buy from India, … Continued
May 21, 2020

National Right to Life endorses Bill Hightower

Former state Senator and First Congressional District candidate Bill Hightower, R-Alabama, announced open Wednesday, that his campaign has received the endorsement of the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC). The NRLC is the nation’s oldest and largest pro-life advocacy organization. The NRLC’s leadership called Hightower “a strong advocate for life” and a “leader in Alabama’s … Continued
May 21, 2020

Shelby: Senate confirms Birmingham’s Anna Manasco as U.S district judge

U.S. Senator Richard Shelby, R-Ala., today announced that Anna Manasco of Birmingham, Alabama, has been confirmed 71-21 by the full Senate to be a U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama.  Manasco was nominated for the federal judgeship by President Trump in February.  Following her nomination, she appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee … Continued
May 21, 2020

Merrill commends former State Rep. April Weaver on White House appointment

The statement below from Secretary of State John H. Merrill is in response to the recent White House appointment of April Weaver: Last Tuesday, my friend and former colleague April Weaver, R-Brierfield, resigned from her seat in the Alabama House of Representatives to accept a position with President Donald J. Trump. April will be joining … Continued
May 20, 2020

Doug Jones, Lisa Murkowski call for increased federal investment in education

Thursday, Senators Doug Jones (D-Alabama) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) led a group of their colleagues in urging Senate leadership to include robust funding for America’s schools, educators, and students in the next round of COVID-19 relief funding. “It is not just teachers who will be impacted by these shrinking education budgets,” Jones and the other … Continued
May 20, 2020

Sessions and Tuberville spar over Sessions’ role in the hiring of Robert Mueller

Monday, former Auburn head football Coach Tommy Tuberville’s campaign used the third anniversary of the Robert Mueller appointment in the Russia collusion investigation to began airing a television ad that features President Donald Trump’s pointed criticisms of Jeff Sessions as attorney general. Mueller was not appointed by Sessions; but rather by his Deputy Attorney General … Continued
May 20, 2020