Alabama Sen. Doug Jones

Jones urges USDA to extend waiver program for school meals amid COVID-19

Unless the U.S. Department of Agriculture extends a waiver program, set to expire at the start of school, thousands of Alabama’s schoolchildren without transportation to school and who are learning remotely could miss out on school meals. U.S. Sen. Doug Jones, D-Alabama, and dozens of other senators on Wednesday urged the USDA to extend vouchers … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

August 1, 2020

Jones: Not enough funding in GOP COVID-19 relief package for schools

Alabama Sen. Doug Jones is worried that what’s in Senate Republicans’ plan for a fifth round of coronavirus relief bills won’t provide enough to keep students, teachers, staff and families safe once schools begin reopening soon, while COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to rise. Jones said during a press briefing Thursday that proposed bills coming … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

July 30, 2020

Alabama coalition pushes for Medicaid expansion amid COVID-19 pandemic

The Washington D.C.-based nonprofit research organization Families USA released a report Monday that shows that in Alabama, job losses during the coronavirus pandemic resulted in 69,000 Alabamians losing health insurance between February and May.

Eddie Burkhalter

July 16, 2020

Alabama reports record rise in COVID-19 deaths

At least 129 deaths have been reported in the last week, the most in any seven-day period since the state's first confirmed death in late March.

Eddie Burkhalter

July 14, 2020

Jones urges public to heed surging COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations

U.S. Sen. Doug Jones, D-Alabama, on Thursday pleaded with the public to take COVID-19 seriously, especially now, as reopening of schools and Fourth of July celebrations near. Meanwhile, the state continues to see record numbers of new cases and hospitalizations. Alabama on Thursday saw a fourth straight day for record-high COVID-19 hospitalizations — and a … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

July 2, 2020

Jones asks president to appoint members to empty civil rights cold case board

U.S. Senator Doug Jones, D-Alabama, on Friday asked President Donald Trump to appoint members to a board meant to review and make public civil rights cold case files. Jones and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, drafted the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act of 2018, which Trump signed into law January 2019, but since then … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

June 12, 2020

Sen. Jones: Millions for Alabama priorities in annual defense bill

Sen. Doug Jones, D-Alabama, on Thursday highlighted how the latest National Defense Authorization Act could positively impact Alabama service members, state universities and businesses that work with the U.S. military. The fiscal year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), approved on Thursday by the Senate Armed Services Committee, now goes before the full Senate for … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

June 11, 2020

Jones calls for more federal aid to students, schools and teachers amid COVID-19 crisis

U.S. Sen. Doug Jones, D-Alabama, on Thursday asked Senate leadership to include money for public schools and students in the next round of COVID-19 relief funding. Jones and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, led a group of other senators in drafting a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer that urges … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

May 15, 2020

Jones calls for more testing, urges GOP senators to take up more coronavirus aid

U.S. Sen. Doug Jones, D-Alabama, on Thursday said that he hopes Republican leadership in Alabama will “trash” what’s been called a “wish list” of uses for federal coronavirus aid, and instead put that money toward more testing, contact tracing and to plan for another spike in cases that could come. Speaking during a video press … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

May 14, 2020

Jones calls for continued social distancing, wearing masks amid partial reopening

Sen. Doug Jones, D-Alabama, on Friday urged Alabamians to heed Gov. Kay Ivey’s warning that, despite her decision announced earlier on Friday to relax more of the provisions of her “safer-at-home” order, COVID-19 is still with us, and still deadly. “I appreciate the fact that the Governor is doing all she can to walk a … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

May 8, 2020