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Economy retools to fight COVID-19

The Ford Motor Company has announced that they, in collaboration with GE Healthcare, will begin building ventilators designed by Airon Corp. at their plant in Rawsonville, Michigan. The United Auto Workers Union has already given their full support to the move. The joint venture between Ford and GE Healthcare to produce the GE/Airon Model A-E … Continued
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April 1, 2020

Roby: Together we can get through the coronavirus crisis

Congresswoman Martha Roby, R-Montgomery, said Monday in an email to constituents that together we can “help lower the spread of COVID-19 in our communities.” “Alabamians as far as all four corners of the state feel the challenges faced by this unfamiliar pandemic,” Roby said. “The past few weeks have been marked with a feeling of … Continued
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April 1, 2020

Wisconsin students test positive after spring break on Alabama beaches

A number of college students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have tested positive for COVID-19 after spending time on Alabama’s beaches during spring break, according to the university and multiple news outlets.   “University Health Services (UHS) and Public Health Madison & Dane County (PHMDC) recently became aware of a cluster of COVID-19 cases associated with … Continued
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March 31, 2020

Legislature returns to a much different Statehouse

The Alabama Legislature will return from their spring break vacation Tuesday, but nothing is the same as it was two weeks ago. Monday, the press was informed that the corps will be removed from the press rooms behind the chambers. Those rooms are being given to the legislators so that they can sit the necessary … Continued
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March 31, 2020

State ramping up for COVID-19 fight

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, State Health Officer Scott Harris, Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield, Public Health Commissioner Lynn Beshear and Alabama National Guard Major General Sheryl Gordon briefed state legislators Monday about how the state intends to address the looming wave of COVID-19 cases as the virus spread across the state of Alabama virtually unchecked. Ivey … Continued
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March 31, 2020
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Success in Coronavirus response must be defined and coordinated

Isn’t it amazing to see the grandstanders who show up in a crisis that have the luxury of not having to own a plan? I’ve heard a bevy of pundits and those not actually in charge of anything (elected and unelected) shouting that the sky is falling. None of them have offered a solution other … Continued
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March 31, 2020

Federal judge blocks Alabama from prohibiting abortions during outbreak

A federal judge late Monday issued a temporary restraining order, allowing Alabama abortion clinics to continue operating despite a state order that effectively restricted access to abortions during the COVID-19 pandemic. U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson’s temporary restraining order will last until April 13 at 5 p.m. “Despite the serious conditions described by defendants and … Continued
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March 30, 2020