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Nearly 32,000 Alabamians contracted the coronavirus in August

The Alabama Department of Public Health reported Monday — the last day in August — that another 696 Alabamians tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Throughout the month, 31,874 Alabamians were diagnosed with the coronavirus. That total does not include an unknown number of Alabamians who may have or have had the virus but were … Continued

Brandon Moseley

September 1, 2020

536 Alabamians killed by COVID-19 in August

Over the weekend, the Alabama Department of Public Health confirmed an additional 50 deaths from COVID-19, taking the state’s COVID death toll to 2,067. With just one day left August, at least 536 deaths have been reported this month alone. August trails only the month of July in the number of Alabamians killed by COVID-19. … Continued

Brandon Moseley

August 31, 2020

Alabama coronavirus cases more than doubled in the last 30 days

The state has averaged 1,605 cases per day in the last 30 days. Thursday’s increase of 1,626 exceeded that average.

Brandon Moseley

August 7, 2020

Former Attorney General John Ashcroft endorses Jeff Sessions

“Jeff Sessions and I served together in the United States Senate, where he worked hard to protect religious freedom, the sanctity of life, and to preserve our American free market system,” Ashcroft said.

Brandon Moseley

July 14, 2020

Secretary of state says office will assist voters in complaints if local authorities punish voters without masks

Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill told the Alabama Political Reporter that all 1,980 polling places will be open on Tuesday for in-person voting if a voter chooses to cast their ballot in person. COVID-19 has been a paramount concern for people across the state and citizens have to deal with a number of business, … Continued

Brandon Moseley

July 9, 2020

After public apology, councilman’s priority is keeping the most vulnerable safe from COVID-19

Montgomery City Councilman Glen Pruitt’s change of heart after a failed mask order vote on June 18 was a rarity in politics — a public apology that took responsibility for his own reasoning rather than shifting blame to his critics’ reaction to it. His wife, Ashley, prompted his realization when she mentioned his daughter, who … Continued

Micah Danney

July 1, 2020

Jones: We are still in the first wave of the coronavirus

U.S. Sen. Doug Jones on Thursday addressed reporters on the worsening coronavirus crisis in the state of Alabama, along with UAB’s Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, an infectious diseases expert who joined Jones on the conference call. “As a nation, we peaked on April 23 at 39,000 cases a day,” Jones said, adding that by the end … Continued

Brandon Moseley

June 26, 2020

Ethics Commission will hear Marshall/RAGA case on Wednesday

The case of Steve Marshall and the $735,000 in illegal campaign contributions will finally be heard by the Alabama Ethics Commission on Wednesday. Former Alabama Attorney General Troy King told APR on Tuesday that he had received a notice from the Ethics Commission that afternoon notifying him that the complaint he filed against Marshall, the … Continued

Josh Moon

December 19, 2018

Governor signs execution by nitrogen bill into law

Two other states have nitrogen hypoxia listed as a method of execution in the state law books, but Alabama would be the first to offer it as an option to the condemned

Chip Brownlee

March 23, 2018