State News

By Rebecca Griesbach Alabama families with children enrolled in the National School Lunch Program should expect to receive Pandemic EBT funds later this summer. The Alabama Department of Human Resources announced plans in March to issue Summer Pandemic […]

By Trisha Powell Crain  Alabama’s pace of teacher retirements has slowed statewide, according to numbers compiled from the 2022-23 school year. According to the Teachers Retirement System, 2,810 public education employees retired at some point during […]

By Leada Gore Supporters of four Alabama universities will soon be able to show their school pride with redesigned license plates. According to the Alabama Department of Revenue, Samford University, University of Montevallo, The University of […]

By Ivana Hrynkiw and Ramsey Archibald Black men are being paroled from Alabama prisons less often and serving longer sentences than white men. That’s according to state data over a two-month snapshot from early 2023, […]

By William Thornton  Alabamians are spending a lot on electricity, according to a recent survey, despite the fact that the price they pay is about average with the rest of the country. WalletHub is out with […]

By Leada Gore The U.S. Mint launched its state quarters program in 1999 as a way to honor unique contributions by each state. The program ended in 2008 and, now, some of the quarters are harder to find […]