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Governor announces $7 million in COVID-19 aid to bolster state’s mental health response

Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday announced $7 million in federal coronavirus relief funds to two programs aimed at strengthening mental health services in Alabama.  “COVID-19 has taken a toll on Alabamians in many ways, and that certainly includes their mental health. Like people around the globe, the people of our state are suffering, and I … Continued
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August 11, 2020
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Alabama’s workers deserve better than McConnell’s inadequate COVID-19 proposal

America is suffering from an unprecedented pandemic and the economic collapse it has created. Nearly three months ago, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the HEROES Act, a comprehensive COVID-19 relief bill. Right now, that bill is sitting untouched on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s desk as working people are suffering. Senator McConnell’s told us … Continued
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August 11, 2020

Saban tries to save the college football season

University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban said Monday that he wants to play the 2020 season for the players. “I want to play, but I want to play for the players’ sake, the value they can create for themselves,” Saban told ESPN. “I know I’ll be criticized no matter what I say, that … Continued
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August 11, 2020

Jones: Trump executive orders are “more for show than actual help for the Americans people”

Democratic Alabama Sen. Doug Jones had harsh words for recent executive orders that President Donald Trump signed in lieu of continuing to pursue a bipartisan legislative COVID relief package. Jones said that Trump’s executive orders extending coronavirus relief are “more for show than actual help for the American people.” “While the President is attempting to … Continued
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August 10, 2020

Judge dismisses lawsuit asking court to loosen voting restrictions amid COVID-19 pandemic

A Montgomery Circuit Court judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit against Gov. Kay Ivey, Secretary of State John Merrill and several Montgomery County election officials that asked the court to expand Alabama’s absentee voting and relax other voting measures amid the COVID-19 pandemic.  Montgomery Circuit Judge J.R. Gains in his order dismissing the suit wrote … Continued
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August 7, 2020