Thursday, April 30, 2026

Strong secures postal audit, ZIP code review for North Alabama Case Dixon touts endorsement from anti-vax group in CD6 race Gov. Kay Ivey is very popular, but will it transfer to her successor? Hyundai-Kia supply chain included in “Dirty Dozen” list of dangerous employers Alabama AG joins legal fight over Trump voter roll order Strong secures postal audit, ZIP code review for North Alabama Case Dixon touts endorsement from anti-vax group in CD6 race Gov. Kay Ivey is very popular, but will it transfer to her successor? Hyundai-Kia supply chain included in “Dirty Dozen” list of dangerous employers Alabama AG joins legal fight over Trump voter roll order Strong secures postal audit, ZIP code review for North Alabama Case Dixon touts endorsement from anti-vax group in CD6 race Gov. Kay Ivey is very popular, but will it transfer to her successor? Hyundai-Kia supply chain included in “Dirty Dozen” list of dangerous employers Alabama AG joins legal fight over Trump voter roll order

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Health

Alabama Hospital Association: Federal COVID aid needed to help struggling hospitals

Some Alabama hospitals are burning through reserves battling COVID, and the state's ICU bed crisis continues to threaten care for all patients.

Eddie Burkhalter

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September 20, 2021

Alabama House minority leader: No support for new prisons without other reforms

The DOJ says new prisons alone won't solve Alabama's crisis. Republicans need Democratic support to pass a prison construction bill.

Eddie Burkhalter

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September 20, 2021

Ivey tells lawmakers she’ll set special session for prison construction

The special session is set for Sept. 27.

September 17, 2021

Alabama lawmakers to mull prison construction with price tag unclear

The proposal calls for building two new prisons for men, one women's prison, renovations to several others and the closure of four prisons.

Eddie Burkhalter

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September 8, 2021

Alabama law students support new trial for man on death row

The students are joined by the prosecutor in the man's trial, former Attorney General Bill Baxley and others in asking for a new trial.

Eddie Burkhalter

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September 7, 2021

Report: Alabama legislation likely to worsen state’s prison crisis

ACLU of Alabama's "Statehouse-to-Prison Pipeline" report found that 53 of 139 bills that would worsen the crisis passed last session.

Eddie Burkhalter

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August 25, 2021

Former Alabama prison supervisor convicted for failing to intervene in beating

Willie Burks watched the handcuffed person be beaten, then afterward said "that’s fair,"according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

Eddie Burkhalter

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July 24, 2021

Report: Alabama’s Black youth incarcerated more than twice as much as white youth

While youth incarceration has fallen in the U.S. over the last decade, it's fallen much less in Alabama.

Eddie Burkhalter

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July 21, 2021

Gov. Kay Ivey talks prisons, gaming and end to unemployment aid

Gov. Kay Ivey warned that if left unaddressed, the U.S. Department of Justice will take over Alabama's prisons.

Eddie Burkhalter

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June 16, 2021

Formerly incarcerated man paralyzed after denied care for months: lawsuit

Patrick Neal, 29, is being treated at UAB, where doctors tell his family he'll be paralyzed for life.

Eddie Burkhalter

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May 26, 2021