Alabamians

Health

Study finds more than 1 in 3 Alabamians face mental health issues

A new study has pinpointed Alabama as experiencing the sixth-highest increase in mental health issues from 2022 to 2023.

November 21, 2023

Gov. Ivey awards $2.5 million to fight homelessness in Alabama

The funds will assist local governments and nonprofit agencies to provide housing and other related services to homeless people.

October 25, 2023

Rep. Sewell honors Romay Catherine Johnson Davis on the House floor

Davis, at the age of 102, is the oldest living member of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion of the United States Army.

July 28, 2022

COVID relief can be life-changing for thousands of Alabamians

Many of the approximately 1,200 water and sewer systems in Alabama have significant repair and upgrade needs.

January 27, 2022

Majority of Alabamians hospitalized with COVID-19 on ventilators are unvaccinated

There were 92 more patients needing ICU bed care than the state’s hospitals had formal ICU beds on Sunday.

September 6, 2021

AlabamaWorks survey shows concerns of unemployed, underemployed Alabamians

The survey, commissioned by AlabamaWorks, gathered responses from 401 unemployed and underemployed Alabamians.

April 2, 2021

Governor awards nearly $19.4 million in block grants for Alabama communities

The CDBG funds will be used to repair dangerous roads, provide safe water, build community and senior centers, improve sewer systems and more.

November 24, 2020

Alabamians request more than 101,000 absentee ballots with 30 days left to apply

So far, 35,184 absentee ballots have been successfully returned for the general election.

September 29, 2020

All politics is local. All of Alabama’s mayors races this year

With it being a presidential election year and an election for one of our United States Senate Seats and all of the interest that goes along with those high-profile contests, it has gone under the radar that most of our cities in the state had elections for mayor and city council last month. Mayors serve … Continued

September 23, 2020

A search for the American conscience

Our response to the immediate crisis will surely determine our long-term destiny, and the collective conscience of “we the people” can be the moral force that brings about needed change.

July 6, 2020