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Alabama reports largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases

Alabama reported a new daily high in COVID-19 cases on Wednesday. The number of positive coronavirus cases increased by 849, according to the Alabama Department of Public Health, surpassing a previous daily high of 640. {{CODE1}} Forty percent of the new cases from Wednesday came from the five counties with the largest total number of … Continued

Chip Brownlee

June 11, 2020

Governor says there will be no special session before August

Wednesday, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) told legislators that there will be no special session prior to August because the state’s budget numbers will not be in before July 15. The Governor told the legislators in a video conference that all options are on the table on whether or not there will be a special … Continued

Brandon Moseley and Nicole Jones

June 11, 2020

Auburn-based SiO2 receives federal funds to produce vials for potential COVID-19 vaccine

An Auburn-based company, Si02, seems to have resolved one of the main issues that Bill Gates has been speaking on surrounding the fight to develop a COVID-19 vaccine. Si02 has received government funding of $143 million in BARDA (Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority) investment money. Si02 will be able to produce the needed supply … Continued

Brandon Moseley

June 11, 2020

Mobile County Democratic party calls for simpler, safer voting

Friday, the Mobile County Democratic Executive Committee released a statement calling for easier voting ahead of the July 14 party runoff elections and looking ahead to the November 3 general election. “The Mobile County Democratic Executive Committee joins the Mobile City Council and our local legislators in calling for simpler, safer voting, for which no … Continued

Brandon Moseley

June 11, 2020

Opinion

Senate runoff resumes with Trump, Sessions in a Twitter battle

The U.S. Senate runoff between former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville and former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions was put on hold by the coronavirus. The original primary on March 3 had Tuberville and Sessions in a dead heat. The runoff was scheduled for March 31. However, the pandemic shutdown placed a freeze on everything … Continued

Steve Flowers

June 11, 2020

Alabama COVID hospitalizations are at an all-time high after data error correction

Alabama COVID-19 hospitalizations are at their highest point since the pandemic began, according to revised data from the Alabama Department of Public Health. The new data, as reported to the state voluntarily by about 100 hospitals in the state, shows at least 629 people currently hospitalized with a positive confirmed case of the virus, as … Continued

Chip Brownlee

June 10, 2020

County commissions association calls for plan on backlog of state inmates held in jails

The Association of County Commissions of Alabama on Wednesday released a statement applauding Gov. Kay Ivey’s emergency proclamation Tuesday, meant to address the transfer of inmates from county jails to state prison facilities amid the COVID-19 crisis. The association also calls on the Alabama Department of Corrections to draft a plan to address a backlog … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

June 10, 2020

Three more prison workers test positive for COVID-19

Three additional Alabama prison workers have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total of active confirmed cases among staff to 75. The Alabama Department of Correction on Tuesday announced the latest confirmed cases among staff, including a worker at the Staton Correctional Facility, one worker at the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women and one at … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

June 10, 2020

Governor issues new order for 14-day quarantine for inmate transfers to prisons from county jails

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey issued another supplemental state of emergency proclamation Tuesday meant to address the issue of COVID-19 in Alabama’s prisons and curb its further spread by putting in place new restrictions on transfers of state inmates from county jails to state facilities. The supplemental proclamation requires “prevailing medical standards” during intake — or … Continued

Chip Brownlee

June 10, 2020

Aderholt sees no justification for $3 trillion cost of fourth stimulus

Friday, Congressman Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) said that he voted against the Democratic stimulus bill that passed the U.S. House of Representative because he could find no justification for the $3 trillion cost of the proposed stimulus bill. “As you may recall, Democrats in the House of Representatives passed a $3 trillion bill known as the … Continued

Brandon Moseley

June 10, 2020