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Absentee voting begins today in Alabama
Montgomery, Ala. – Registered voters in all of Alabama’s 67 counties are now able to apply for, receive, and vote for candidates running...
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Alex Nelson
Oct 28, 20211 min read
Center for Disease Control and Prevention issues order to ban eviction of tenants
In an unprecedented move last week, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an order banning eviction of tenants...
Alex Nelson
Oct 28, 20212 min read
U.S. Senate likely to vote on COVID stimulus bill this week as unemployment benefits set to expire
Washington, DC – Congress returned from its month long summer recess this week with an eye on additional coronavirus stimulus. Politico...
Alex Nelson
Oct 28, 20212 min read
Auburn names student center for its first Black student body president, now Georgia Chief Justice
Auburn, Ala. – The Auburn Student Center has been named for Harold Melton, chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court and the first...
Alex Nelson
Oct 28, 20212 min read
UA Report Details Plummeting Enrollment in Black Belt Schools
(Montgomery, AL) - A new report released by the University of Alabama’s Education Policy Center shows that Alabama’s Black Belt faces a...
Alex Nelson
Oct 28, 20212 min read
Thousands of new jobs expected as Alabama moves forward with massive prison construction plans
Montgomery, Ala. - Governor Kay Ivey announced the locations of the three new men’s prisons today along with the companies that the...
Alex Nelson
Oct 28, 20211 min read
Alabama Senator David Burkette resigns amid allegations of ethics violations
Montgomery, Ala. – David Burkette, who represented parts of Montgomery in the Alabama Senate, has resigned his seat effective immediately...
Alex Nelson
Oct 28, 20213 min read
Alabama Power announces three leadership changes at Birmingham headquarters
Source: Alabama News Center Birmingham, Ala. – Alabama Power announced leadership changes to enhance customer experience and community...
Alex Nelson
Oct 28, 20212 min read
UAB Medical School Dean joins Alabama Power Board of Directors
Source: Alabama News Center Birmingham, Ala. – Dr. Selwyn M. Vickers, senior vice president of medicine and dean of the University of...
Alex Nelson
Oct 28, 20211 min read
Partisan disputes put next round of COVID stimulus relief at "tragic impasse"
Washington, DC – CNBC reported that Democrats and the White House are at a “tragic impasse” over another round of coronavirus stimulus...
Alex Nelson
Oct 28, 20212 min read
Governor Ivey extends mandatory mask order through October 2
Montgomery, Ala. – Governor Kay Ivey issued her seventeenth supplemental emergency proclamation today, containing an amended Safer at...
Alex Nelson
Oct 28, 20212 min read
Alabama Governor awards grant to help create jobs in Black Belt region
Montgomery, Ala. — Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded a $750,000 grant to help create 85 new jobs and increase commerce in Sumter County and the...
Alex Nelson
Oct 28, 20213 min read
Senator Doug Jones announces bipartisan bill to improve diversity and inclusion in armed services
Birmingham, Ala. – U.S. Senator Doug Jones of Alabama today announced he will introduce new legislation to codify amendments included in...
Alex Nelson
Oct 28, 20212 min read
Troy University renames building for late Rep. John Lewis after denying him admission in the 1950s
Troy, Ala. – The Board of Trustees of Troy University voted Wednesday to rename Bibb Graves Hall — currently named for a former governor...
Alex Nelson
Oct 28, 20212 min read
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama commits $230 million in fight against COVID-19
Birmingham, Ala. – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama has paid, contributed and made available $230 million in the ongoing fight...
Alex Nelson
Oct 28, 20212 min read
Black man shot in back seven times by WI police in front of his children – ages 3, 5 and 8
WISCONSIN – Jacob Blake, a 29 year old African-American man, was shot seven times on Sunday by a white police officer in Kenosha,...
Alex Nelson
Oct 28, 20212 min read
Alabama unemployment checks will soon increase as state sees uptick in July unemployment rate
Montgomery, Ala. – Alabama’s plan to increase unemployment benefit checks by $300 each week has been approved by FEMA, the Alabama...
Alex Nelson
Oct 28, 20213 min read
The Top 10 DNC Moments
The Biden Granddaughters The Biden Granddaughters gave us a great view of Joe Biden the family man. They opened up the doors to their...
Alex Nelson
Oct 28, 20213 min read
U.S. Postmaster General appears before Senate and House committees; talks voter suppression
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy appeared before the Senate on Friday, Aug. 21, to testify about changes to the...
Alex Nelson
Oct 28, 20212 min read
UAB experiment shows consequences of not properly wearing a mask in public
Birmingham, Ala. – COVID-19 cases in Alabama are on a steady decline, which most leaders attribute to the mandatory mask order put in...
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