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"We were pulling every lever and pushing every button  and using every resource we can think of," said State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris.

The Alabama Department of Public Health, the CDC, the American Academy of Pediatrics and other groups all recommend universal masking in schools.

Lieutenant Governor Will Ainsworth announced Thursday that he will not run for the U.S. Senate seat held currently by Doug Jones, D-Alabama. Ainsworth said he made the decision with his wife, Kendall Foster Ainsworth, not to run for Senate at this time. “Over the past few months, I have been touched and honored by the … Continued

The editor and publisher of a small town newspaper who called for the resurgence of the KKK and for the lynching of Democratic politicians in an editorial published last week is stepping down after several days of backlash. In an phone interview with the Alabama Political Reporter, the editor and publisher of The Democrat-Reporter, Goodloe Sutton, doubled down … Continued

Alabama performed its first execution of 2019 following a legal back and forth over whether the inmate could be put to death without a chaplain of his faith in the chamber. The state executed Dominque Ray, a Muslim inmate who had appealed to federal courts after the state refused to allow an imam to be … Continued

An email was sent to lobbyists and others with business before the state on Aug. 29, with an attached invitation to a fundraising event supporting first-time state Senate candidate Andrew Jones. The email asked that each recipient reply all, “letting Leadership know you got this.” It also requests that in their reply, all respond they indicate, … Continued