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Congressman Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, said Thursday that China’s government is paying university professors to spread propaganda and turn over American technology and intellectual property to the communist government. “Communist China is infiltrating American universities,” Brooks said. “They’re paying professors big money to spread Communist Chinese propaganda and turn over America’s intellectual property and key technology. … Continued

Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed announced an executive order Wednesday mandating the wearing of face masks in the city, a day after the City Council vote on the requirement failed in a 4-4 tie. Reed said that after listening to warnings from health experts, he decided that the rule was necessary. Montgomery has seen rising hospitalizations … Continued

Since the first case of COVID-19 arrived in Alabama in March, Dr. Donald Williamson, the president of the Alabama Hospital Association, has said he’s confident the state’s hospitals can handle an influx of coronavirus patients. That changed Tuesday morning, when the state recorded the most COVID-19 patients ever being cared for across the state and, … Continued

Monday, Congresswoman Martha Roby, R-Montgomery, briefed constituents on the coronavirus crisis and the reopening of the economy in an email. “The American economic landscape has changed considerably over the past few months as Coronavirus (COVID-19) has extremely halted activity across the country,” Rep. Roby said. “Several weeks have passed since Alabama’s economy slowly began to … Continued

Monday, Vice President Mike Pence (R) said that all states and U.S. territories are in the process of reopening their economies. Pence made the comment in a teleconference with members of the Heritage Foundation. The Vice President provided an overview on the national level and then took questions and answers from participants. Heritage Foundation President … Continued

Friday, Congressman Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) thanked several Alabama companies for stepping up to help deal with the coronavirus crisis. “Throughout the past few months, it has seemed like only negative news gets reported anymore. It’s a sad reality of the 24-hour news cycle that we constantly are subjected to, and it’s easy to fall into … Continued

The Republican and Democratic Primary Runoff Elections are still scheduled to take place on July 14th, and many voters are understandably concerned about trying to vote while Alabama is seeing record numbers of new cases of the coronavirus. Part of Alabama’s recent spike in cases of COVID-19 is the result of Memorial Day events where … Continued

Twenty-four Auburn University students and a worker at an Auburn bar have all tested positive for COVID-19, a sign that social gatherings and the state’s loosening of restrictions is resulting in a spike of cases there, according to local health experts.  The 24 Auburn students who tested positive for the virus had been to birthday … Continued

A fourth person serving in an Alabama prison has died after testing positive for COVID-19, and 13 other inmates housed in an infirmary with the man have also since tested positive for the virus, the Alabama Department of Corrections announced Monday.  Robert Stewart, 80, who was serving at Staton Correctional Facility died at a local … Continued