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A new approach to Alabama governance: sanity

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday continued her unexpectedly sane response to the coronavirus outbreak.  Ignoring the braindead and overzealous responses from neighboring governors in the southeast, most of whom issued blanket orders to lift stay-at-home restrictions and reopen all businesses in their states, Ivey again listened to the doctors and medical professionals and implemented … Continued
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April 29, 2020

Jones urges Alabamians to heed COVID-19 warnings

U.S. Senator Doug Jones, D-Alabama, Tuesday encouraged the public to heed Gov. Kay Ivey’s warnings earlier in the day that despite her loosening some restrictions on business closures amid the COVI-19 pandemic, the state isn’t yet in the clear. “As I said last week, I am grateful for Governor Ivey’s measured response in light of … Continued
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April 28, 2020

Trump to order meat-processing plants to remain open

President Donald Trump plans to use the Defense Production Act to force meat-processing plants to continue to operate amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to several news accounts.  That doesn’t sit well with unions that represent the workers who have been contracting and dying from the deadly virus.  “We only wish that this administration cared as … Continued
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April 28, 2020

Read Gov. Kay Ivey’s safer-at-home order for yourself

On Tuesday, Gov. Kay Ivey announced that Alabama will shift from a “stay-at-home” order to a “safer-at-home” order beginning April 30 at 5 p.m. You can read the order and breakdown’s provided by the Alabama Department of Public Health below. The full order: {{CODE1}} The full order in Spanish: {{CODE4}} Breakdown: Another breakdown from the … Continued
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April 28, 2020

Ivey expected to announce reopening plan Tuesday

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, on a conference call Monday, told legislators that she will announce her plan to reopen the economy. Ivey was joined by her chief of staff, former Congressman Joe Bonner; State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris; State Finance Officer Kelly Butler; Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington; and Legislative Liaison William Filmore. Ivey told … Continued
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April 28, 2020

Ivey is grateful that the Payroll Protection Program is taking applications again

The Small Business Administration’s Payroll Protection Program resumed accepting loan applications Monday after Congress passed and the president signed legislation last week replenishing the funds in the PPP, which ran out of money on April 16. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey urged Alabama small businesses to quickly take advantage of the program. “Alabama small businesses are … Continued
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April 28, 2020