Auburn is proud to celebrate the recent confirmation of Auburn alumnus Gen. Lloyd Austin as our nation’s secretary of defense. We applaud your incredible achievement, and thank you for your continued service to protect our country.
Top Stories
Lawmakers discuss education pay raises, a focus on literacy and learning loss
By CAROLINE BECK and MARY SELL Alabama Daily News MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Pay raises for teachers are possible in next...
Alabama schools ask for COVID-19 enrollment funding fix in 2022
Alabama’s public schools saw a decrease in enrollment of about 9,700 students this year, according to the official count taken early in the school year. That's problematic in a state that bases school funding on the previous year's enrollment.
Daily News Digest – January 26, 2021
Tornado rips through Fultondale; Budget hearings begin today; AEA pushes for teacher vaccinations; Biden talks upping vaccine goal amid criticism; The latest from Congress
1 dead, at least 17 injured after tornado rips Alabama town
A teenager huddling in his basement was killed and several of his family members were critically injured when a tornado blew a tree onto their home in Alabama and it collapsed on top of them, police said Tuesday.
Legislative budget hearings begin today
Joint budget hearings of the Alabama Senate and House of Representatives, a sort of prequel to the official start of the Legislative session, begin today.
AEA: ‘Education employees are dying,’ seeks vaccinations
The Alabama Education Association is urging the state to give teachers COVID-19 vaccinations following the deaths of at least 39 public school employees from the contagious illness.