Hundreds of proposed bills, including high priority prison and economic development proposals, died when the coronavirus outbreak upended the Alabama Legislature's 2020 regular session.
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Daily News Digest – May 29, 2020
Virus taking hold in Alabama's Black Belt; Prison infirmary quarantined after COVID-19 cases; Protests rage over police killing of George Floyd; In the Weeds w/ Dr. Eric Mackey
Virus taking hold in Alabama’s Black Belt
Sparsely populated Lowndes County, deep in Alabama's old plantation country, has the sad distinction of having both the state's highest rate of COVID-19 cases and its worst unemployment rate.
In the Weeds with Dr. Eric Mackey
It has been a while since our last podcast, two months in fact. I sincerely apologize for that and I...
Prison infirmary quarantined after COVID-19 cases
The Alabama Department of Corrections reported Thursday that two more inmates and several more employees have tested positive for COVID-19.
Minneapolis police station torched amid George Floyd protest, Trump reacts
Cheering protesters torched a Minneapolis police station that the department abandoned as three days of violent protests spread to nearby St. Paul and angry demonstrations flared across the U.S over the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer kneeled on his neck.
Deputies: Food, drinks locked from veterans in group home
Six veterans were hospitalized after being found in an unlicensed group home without access to food, drinks, their medications and a phone, an Alabama sheriff said.