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Alabama Hospitals Need Competition

March 29, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Dr. Richard Menger This is a guest opinion column Alabama is facing a crisis regarding hospital operating costs. Alabama hospitals posted a 79% decrease in operating margin from 2019-2022. This has put rural hospitals […]

Bill to ban holding cell phone while driving advances in Alabama Legislature

March 29, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Mike Cason A bill to make it illegal to hold a cell phone while driving won approval this morning in the Public Safety Committee in the Alabama House of Representatives. It’s already illegal to […]

THOUSANDS IN ALABAMA, US WILL LOSE MEDICAID THIS YEAR. WHAT TO DO IF YOU RECEIVE A NOTICE

March 29, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Ruth Serven Smith Medicaid coverage will end for millions of Americans in the coming months, and it will push many into unfamiliar territory: the health insurance marketplace. States will start cutting people from the government-funded […]

Father and son killed nearly 5 years apart in shootings at Birmingham gas stations

March 29, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Carol Robinson The scene at a Birmingham gas station Sunday night was all too familiar for one family. Nearly five years after Demetrius Antwan Davis Sr. was gunned down in a targeted shooting at M & […]

Man awarded Carnegie heroism medal for stopping Vestavia Hills church shooter

March 29, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Carol Robinson A 79-year-old Alabama man has been named the recipient of a national heroism award after he stopped an active shooter who killed three people at a potluck dinner at a Vestavia Hills church […]

What is the ‘coverage gap’ in Alabama Medicaid, health insurance?

March 29, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Sarah Swetlik Danne Howard said she left her job 32 years ago “for all the right, responsible reasons,” but after becoming self-employed, found herself paying high prices for limited health insurance that would only cover […]

Alabama bill would let residents claim ‘unborn child’ as a dependent on taxes

March 29, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Sarah Swetlik A group of Alabama lawmakers are working to expand the definition of “dependents” for state residents filing taxes to include fetuses, or “unborn children.” HB182, which was referred to the House Ways and […]

Alabama Jobs Act, same old song and dance of failed tax incentives

March 29, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Daniel J. Smith | Professor of Economics at Middle Tennessee State University This is a guest opinion column With the proposed Alabama Jobs Act, which will attempt to expand state tax incentives to drive […]

AAMU Prepares for 6th Annual Day of Service

March 29, 2023 Bouldin 0

Debra Daniel Giving Back Large Scale Alabama A&M University’s 6th annual Day of Service, “AAMU, Serving the City as ONE,” will be Saturday, April 1, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., based at T.M. Elmore […]

Robertsdale man charged with raping 11-year-old, assaulting girl’s mother

March 29, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Warren Kulo A Robertsdale man charged with assaulting a woman earlier this month is now facing accusations he raped the woman’s 11-year-old daughter. According to the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a March […]