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Budget is priority number one for Legislative Session

The 2020 Regular Legislative Session has resumed after a six-week hiatus due to the coronavirus shutdown of the state and nation. The session must end by May 18, 2020. The only thing they will do is pass barebones budgets. The most important and actually the only constitutionally mandated act that must be accomplished is the … Continued
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May 6, 2020

Alabama lab authorized by FDA to do widespread COVID-19 testing

Golden Point Scientific Labs of Hoover has doubled its testing capacity and received FDA authorization to conduct widespread testing for COVID-19, giving health providers and community organizations a new alternative to identify those who have been exposed to the virus. Golden Point Scientific Labs will partner with a range of agencies and providers to offer … Continued
May 5, 2020

National Federation of Independent Business wants changes to Paycheck Protection Program

A Tennessee-based nonprofit advocacy group for small businesses on Monday asked the federal government to make changes to the Paycheck Protection Program, which provides loans to COVID-19-impacted small businesses.  The National Federation of Independent Business in a letter to the U.S. Small Business Administration and the U.S. Treasury Department on Monday recommended several changes the … Continued
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May 5, 2020

Sessions calls for “Pearl Harbor-like” Congressional investigation of “Chinese cover-up” of coronavirus

Monday, former Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama) renewed his call for an investigation of a Chinese coverup of the coronavirus. Following the devastating Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Congress held a lengthy series of hearings investigating what happened and why the U.S. Navy and Army commanders on the island were so … Continued
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May 5, 2020

Seventh Alabama inmate tests positive for COVID-19

An inmate at the St. Clair Correctional Facility has tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the seventh state inmate to test positive for the virus, the Alabama Department of Corrections announced late Monday.  The man tested positive “while he was at a local hospital where he received care for a non-COVID-19 related preexisting medical condition,” ADOC’s … Continued
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May 4, 2020