Safer-at-home

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Alabama restaurants, bars, salons can begin opening Monday, governor says

Gov. Kay Ivey said Friday that she will relax more provisions in her “safer-at-home” order amid the COVID-19 crisis, including allowing restaurants, bars, gyms, barbershops and salons to reopen with social-distancing restrictions. The new order goes into effect Monday, May 11, at 5 p.m. and is set to expire on Friday, May 22, at 5 … Continued

Chip Brownlee, Eddie Burkhalter

May 8, 2020

Opinion

Where is our shared sorrow and grief?

Anxiety, anger, fear and denial is everywhere as the calamity caused by the COVID-19 pandemic drags on with no end in sight. What seems lost is a collective sense of compassion and sorrow for the souls lost and the families broken by this deadly coronavirus. Some think that Gov. Kay Ivey’s new safer-at-home order is … Continued

Bill Britt

May 4, 2020

Marshall warns municipalities not to go too far in COVID-19 orders

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall says that municipal power must be exercised within constitutional parameters. “As the State begins to phase out of the stay-at-home order, municipalities are wrestling with individual and, in some cases, unique decisions regarding the preservation of the health and safety of their residents,” Marshall said in a statement. “In light … Continued

Brandon Moseley

May 4, 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

Chip Brownlee

April 28, 2020