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Healthcare workers not immune to growing mental health crisis

Medical professionals are not immune to the grief, trauma and isolation of the last two years. In fact, we have been right in the middle of it.

April 14, 2022

Medical Cannabis Commission preparing procedures

With the state dictating that license applications be available by September 2022, the commission has a tight deadline.

November 12, 2021

Poor People’s Campaign to hold caravan to mourn COVID deaths, demand smooth transition of power

Leaders of the Poor People's Campaign will lead protestors in a motorcar caravan.

November 20, 2020

Congressman Byrne: States that locked down shouldn’t get federal aid

Republicans in the Congress have been strongly resisting calls to reimburse city and state governments for their lost revenues due to the economic shutdowns.

October 15, 2020

A plan for students to return safely to school, whenever that may be

In a few weeks, most students in Alabama are scheduled to return to school. With so few days left before students return, there are important questions that still need to be answered: Is it safe for kids to go back to school? What is the best way to keep students and faculty healthy? And what … Continued

July 22, 2020

Auman criticizes Aderholt’s comments

Congressional candidate Lee Auman says that Congressman Robert Aderholt’s remarks about the opioid crisis were irresponsible and demonstrate a total disregard for the people of the district. A recent report by the American Journal of Public Health showed that Alabama’s Fourth Congressional District has the highest rate of prescription pain killers in the country. There … Continued

July 26, 2018

Marshall discusses his wife’s suicide

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) held a press conference Wednesday to discuss his deceased wife’s history of mental illness and those last tragic months of her life that ended with her suicide in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. “Folks were watching where she went and where she was going. I don’t know if it is true, but … Continued

June 28, 2018

Stocks Fall After Election as Nation Approaches Fiscal Cliff

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter President Barack H. Obama reaffirmed his stance that the nation needs to raise taxes to deal with the approaching fiscal cliff and sequestration crisis in a rare White House press conference. This time the President doubled the amount of tax increases he was asking for to $1.6 trillion over … Continued

November 15, 2012