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Funding for the grants comes from the American Rescue Plan Act.

“It’s important for nursing home residents and their family members to be able to visit in person and this is another step toward returning life to normal in nursing homes,” said Brandon Farmer, president and CEO of the Alabama Nursing Home Association.

There is no plan to reopen Alabama’s public schools.  That much was clear after state superintendent Eric Mackey’s hour-long press conference on Friday — the one in which he presented the state’s plan to reopen schools.  It was, to put it kindly, underwhelming. To put it not so kindly: It was the State Department of … Continued

After a church shooting in Texas, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has offered guidance on Alabama’s Stand-Your-Ground law and urged churches to take safety measures. On Sunday morning, a gunman opened fire at the West Freeway Church of Christ in West Settlement, Texas, killing two people in attendance. The shooter was identified as 43-year-old Keith … Continued

It’s hard to adequately describe what happened at Saturday’s meeting of Alabama Democrats in Montgomery and do justice to the overwhelming and all-encompassing chaos and silliness that took place.  I’ve been searching for a good way to do this for the better part of a day now. And the best I can come up with … Continued

In a long effort to help unemployed state residents, the Alabama Department of Labor and Alabama Career Center System will open its 50th career center’s doors this week. The new career center in Choctaw County fills a void that the state had in serving the community, said Fitzgerald Washington, Secretary of the Alabama Department of … Continued