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The number of health care workers who have tested positive for COVID-19 continues to rise in Alabama. At least 500 Alabama health care workers who work at hospitals and doctor’s offices have tested positive for the virus, the Alabama Department of Public Health says. Data released Saturday shows the number rose to 504 by April … Continued

Yesterday, Senator Doug Jones, D-Alabama, and Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, introduced legislation to promote education and training for Alabama workers in high-demand industries.  The bill, named the Working On Rewarding and Keeping Employees Resilient (WORKER) Act, is aimed at ensuring employees have access to and are prepared for well-paid, skilled jobs in Alabama and … Continued

Workers at the Taylor Hardin Secure Medical Facility said in a 2018 survey that they are overworked in an unsafe environment with inoperable video cameras, contraband, racial and gender discrimination and unreported incidents.  Those concerns are valid, and there are worries that conditions at the Taylor Hardin facility in Tuscaloosa have continued to deteriorate in … Continued

Alabama workers with disabilities are leaving jobs in the state, but nationally, workers with disabilities started working at 111,804 jobs. According to the 2018 Annual Disability Statistics Compendium, Alabama has 418,429 workers with disabilities, ages 18 to 64. However, only 112,030 are employed. From last year, 3,769 people with disabilities left the workforce, and the … Continued

A cybersecurity attack threatened the State of Alabama’s computing network in December, prompting the Office of Information Technology to issue a warning for state workers to change passwords and to monitor workflow more carefully because fraudulent invoices and purchase orders were being sent to the Department of Finance and internal agencies’ accounts payable. According to … Continued

By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter How many times is Alabama going to go down this well-traveled road? We’re like a Twilight Zone episode. Or many of them. Our state is beautiful; the people generally are wonderful. We smile and say hi as we pass each other on the street. Alabama is a great place … Continued

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter The Labor Day holiday has evolved over the years, according to the US Department of Labor. Honoring the Labor movement’s support of shorter hours, higher wages and to rally strikers grew organically throughout America during the 19th century. From Oregon to New York, workers and their families organized parades … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R from Alabama) released a written statement following an admission by a White House spokesman that the implementation of an executive amnesty has been pushed back several weeks because they hoped it would delay public outrage until after the election. Sen. Sessions said, “One is … Continued