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Alabama’s COVID-19 surge is not slowing

The number of patients in Alabama hospitals being treated for COVID-19 surged past 800 on Thursday, marking a fourth straight day of record-high hospitalizations as concerns grow over the possibility that hospitals could become stressed due to the influx of patients.[mfn referencenumber=*]This story was updated throughout at 4 p.m. on July 2 to reflect updated … Continued

July 2, 2020

Alabama Democrats surge on Super Tuesday, but math favors Republicans in the fall

President Donald Trump won the Alabama Republican primary with 96.2 percent of the vote, with former Vice President Joe Biden taking the Democrat field with 63.2 percent, according to available results. While Republican numbers dwarfed Democrats by more than 270,000 votes, there was a 13 percent surge in Democrats’ participation. Compared to the 2016 Presidential … Continued

March 5, 2020