DOGE faces mixed response in Alabama
Several Alabama Republicans spent last week defending the Department of Government Efficiency amid demonstrations across the state.
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Study: Alabama hunger soaring due to federal aid cuts, inflation
Hunger Free America attributes this surge in hunger to the expiration of several federal programs.
December 19, 2024
Thomasville Regional Medical Center closure intensifies Alabama’s rural healthcare crisis
Financial challenges have plagued the hospital since it lost COVID-related federal aid in 2022.
September 27, 2024
Ivey includes $80 million in federal aid to hospitals, nursing homes in special session
Gov. Kay Ivey has included a call for the Legislature to consider allocating $80 million in federal COVID aid to state hospitals and nursing homes.
Feds awards $2.4 million to Alabama rural clinics to combat vaccine hesitancy
The 50 rural health clinics are to use the funds to combat misinformation and boost vaccine confidence.
Nonprofit asks that federal COVID aid be used to aid re-entry, prevent incarceration
Alabama Appleseed says the incarcerated and recently released were failed by state prisons during the pandemic.
Groups ask Ivey to spend $4 billion in pandemic aid on those most in need
Groups say money should go to expand Medicaid, improve housing, education and access to broadband.
Gov. Kay Ivey awards federal COVID aid to Huntsville, Colbert County
Huntsville is set to use $1.5 million to aid people without housing while Colbert County plans to start a mobile health clinic.
Natural disaster aid applications open Wednesday for farmers
Beginning Wednesday farmers whose crops were affected by natural disasters in 2018 and 2019 can apply for some of the more than $3 billion in federal aid. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue made the announcement Monday that the Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program Plus signup starts Sept. 11. “U.S. agriculture has been dealt a … Continued
September 11, 2019
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