State News

By Sarah Whites-Koditschek An estimated 61,000 Alabamians could lose health care coverage through Medicaid as federal pandemic protections are rolled back this spring. The state will see the numbers of uninsured people rise by over […]

By Ashley Remkus A federal judge in Montgomery denied a request to release body camera video of a police dog biting and killing a man, citing the upcoming civil trial and the “graphic nature and […]

By Savannah Tryens-Fernandes Nearly 44,000 children in Alabama have either lost a parent or become orphaned as of 2020, making it the state with the fourth highest rate of childhood bereavement according to a new report. The […]

By Rebecca Griesbach Alabama will get nearly $5.8 million over the next five years to support English learner instruction and teacher training. The grants, distributed through a federal program from the U.S. Department of Education, will support two […]

By Howard Koplowitz The influential Business Council of Alabama announced Wednesday it has chosen Helena Duncan, the organization’s senior vice president of operations and investor relations, as its next president and CEO — the first Black […]

By Trisha Powell Crain Alabama lawmakers will wrestle with an unusual problem when the next legislative session starts in March: How to allocate an unexpected $2.7 billion in tax revenue. That could mean rebates for taxpayers, […]

By Kenneth Mullinax/ASU Alabama State University and Saint Elizabeth University (SEU), announced on Nov. 28 the establishment of a combined educational program culminating in a baccalaureate degree from ASU and a Physician Assistant degree (M.S.) from […]