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Alabama: It’s time for our children to be taught the truth

October 1, 2021 Bouldin 0

By David Sher, Comeback Town David Sher’s ComebackTown giving voice to the people of Birmingham & Alabama. Today’s guest columnist is Billy Field. What’s the first history lesson you ever had? For me, it was the story […]

Ala. Hospital Association: Federal COVID aid needed to help struggling hospitals

September 24, 2021 Bouldin 0

By EDDIE BURKHALTER Some Alabama lawmakers hope to use $400 million in federal American Rescue Plan funds to help build new prisons, but the state’s health care system needs millions to get through the current […]

Opinion | We mandate vaccines for Alabama children. It’s time for adults to do their part.

September 24, 2021 Bouldin 0

“We’ve been mandating vaccines for decades in this country for infants and toddlers. When will the adults grow up?” By JOSH MOON When my daughter was a year old, my wife and I took her […]

ASU renames building for civil rights icon

September 24, 2021 Bouldin 0

The historically Black university removed former Gov. Bibb Graves’ name last year due to his ties to the KKK. By JOSH MOON Out with a racist, in with a hero. The Alabama State University board of […]

Tennessee Riverkeeper to sue Huntsville over sewage overflows

September 24, 2021 Bouldin 0

By Dennis Pillion Alabama-based environmental group Tennessee Riverkeeper has announced it intends to sue the city of Huntsville over a series of sewer overflows that occurred over the last three years. The group says it filed […]

Alabama schools list 8,428 COVID cases in first week of full reporting

September 17, 2021 Bouldin 0

By Savannah Tryens-Fernandes Alabama schools reported 8,428 positive COVID-19 cases among students and staff this week. The number marks the first time cases have decreased since the school dashboard started two weeks ago. The highest […]

The results are in: Alabama standardized test reading, math scores fell during pandemic year

September 17, 2021 Bouldin 0

By Trisha Powell Crain Test scores for Alabama’s students are down this year, an expected decline from 2019, the last year students took statewide tests. Under half of second-graders were deemed proficient in English Language Arts […]

Alabama’s new prison plan includes using $400 million in COVID-19 federal relief funds

September 17, 2021 Bouldin 0

By Mike Cason The Alabama House Republican caucus met today to discuss a new plan to build two men’s prisons and one for women, the latest effort to fix what Gov. Kay Ivey called Alabama’s “longstanding, yet […]

As COVID surges, most Alabama teachers must use own sick leave to quarantine

September 10, 2021 Bouldin 0

ASSOCIATED PRESS As cases of COVID continue to climb statewide, many Alabama teachers are finding out they must burn their own sick leave if they get sent home from school to quarantine. That’s a change […]

PATIENTS WITH MEDICAL EMERGENCIES SEARCH FOR BEDS AS COVID FILLS ALA. INTENSIVE CARE UNITS

September 10, 2021 Bouldin 0

By Cameron Smith Dennis Harbison, 73, went to the ER at Bibb Medical Center in early August for pain from what he thought was a pulled muscle, difficulty breathing and low blood pressure. At the […]