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Steven Raica is the new Bishop of Birmingham

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Birmingham announced in a statement that it has been assigned a new Bishop. Bishop Steven J. Raica was appointed as the Fifth Bishop of Birmingham by Pope Francis on Wednesday. Bishop Raica is currently the Bishop of Gaylord, Michigan. Bishop Robert J. Baker had reached the mandatory retirement age for … Continued
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March 26, 2020

45 COVID-19 cases hospitalized at UAB, 18 on ventilators

UPDATE: For a more recent look at UAB’s hospitalization numbers, look at this page. UPDATE: The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday afternoon passed Mayor Woodfin’s shelter-in-place order. You can read the ordinance at the bottom of this story. Birmingham is the first city in the state to issue such an order to curb the spread … Continued
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March 24, 2020

Alabama scientists are trying to help find treatments for COVID-19

The Alabama Department of Commerce announced Tuesday that a number of Alabama firms, research institutions and scientists have been mobilized in the international effort to fight the novel coronavirus, which has killed over ten thousand people this year. Huntsville’s Diatherix announced that it has developed a highly sensitive and specific assay, or test, for the … Continued
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March 20, 2020

Drive-thru coronavirus testing open in Birmingham, Bessemer

Note: This article is from March 13. New coronavirus testing resources are located on this page, which will be regularly updated. Two new drive-thru locations in Birmingham and Bessemer are accepting samples to be tested for the novel coronavirus at a Birmingham company’s lab, and can have results within four hours, according to the company. … Continued
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March 13, 2020

Alabama Republican Assembly announces endorsements

Sunday, the Alabama Republican Assembly announced their endorsements in today’s Alabama Republican Primary. The group which bills itself as “the conscience of the Republican Party” strives to make sure that the candidates that they support are true to the conservative principles of the party. “The Alabama Republican Assembly is proud to announce our endorsements for … Continued
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March 3, 2020

Atlanta Mayor to campaign for Biden in Alabama

Thursday, the presidential campaign of former Vice President Joe Biden (D) announced that Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms will travel to Tennessee and Alabama to campaign on behalf of Joe Biden. On Friday, Mayor Bottoms will travel to Tennessee, where she will host a Women for Biden event with State Senator Brenda Gilmore, moderate a … Continued
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February 28, 2020

Buttigieg to visit Alabama on Sunday

Democratic presidential candidate South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg will be in Selma Sunday for a short visit in observance of the anniversary of “Bloody Sunday.” The Pete for America campaign also announces that they will be hosting more than 100 events in Alabama this weekend as part of their get-out-the-vote (GOTV) effort ahead of the … Continued
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February 27, 2020

McCutcheon says public opinion is driving gambling debate

Thursday, Speaker of the House Mac McCutcheon, R-Monrovia, told reporters that public opinion is driving the debate on gambling. Speaker McCutcheon praised Alabama Governor Kay Ivey’s (R) working group on gambling and said that a lot of good people had been appointed to that group. At Gov. Ivey’s State of the State address, she told … Continued
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February 24, 2020