The Alabama Legislature enters its fourth week today with several bills written in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic on agendas.
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Hospital group supports mask order extension in Alabama
Gov. Kay Ivey is expected to announce this week whether she will extend the face covering mandate and other health orders that are set to expire Friday. The mandate has been in place since July and has been extended several times.
UA System returning to in-person instruction this fall
Students across the three-campus University of Alabama System will return to in-person instruction for the fall semester with no limits on class size in Birmingham, Huntsville or Tuscaloosa to guard against COVID-19, officials said Monday.
Minimum wage hike all but dead in big COVID relief bill
Democrats' hopes of including a minimum wage increase in their $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill seemed all but dead Monday as the Senate prepared to debate its own version of the House-passed aid package.
Role reversal: No. 8 Bama thrives like recent Auburn teams
Alabama coach Nate Oats didn't inherit nearly the same kind of rebuilding task as Auburn's Bruce Pearl, but he has sure made quick work of it.
COVID-19 update: Alabama to receive 40K one-dose vaccines
Alabama is set to receive 40,100 doses of the newly-approved Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, the Alabama Department of Public Health announced Monday.