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Unemployment is surging in Alabama as businesses across the country have been forced close because of restrictions put in place to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. Just last week, more than 9,000 people applied for unemployment compensation in the state, according to the Alabama Department of Labor. Workers who lose their jobs because … Continued

This is a big political week, and normally I’d comment about that. But there’s plenty of commentary on the Democratic and Republican Party primaries. I’d like to write about a loss for Alabama that not many people are writing about because of all the election noise. On Monday, retired Jefferson County Family Court presiding Judge … Continued

Sometimes, a win is a less devastating loss. That was the case this week for the Alabama Education Association and a group of Montgomery Public Schools parents and employees who filed suit to block the sale of historic Georgia Washington Middle School to the Pike Road School system. After the Alabama Supreme Court last week … Continued

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter If the U.S. Congress can’t get to a deal on funding for the Child Health Insurance Program, more than 80,000 children in Alabama could be without health insurance as soon as next spring. Congress last week failed to reauthorize funding for the program, which expired on Sept. 30 at … Continued