Author: Mary Sell (Mary Sell)

Alabama’s gas tax collections dipped by about $2.5 million, or 6.7% in May, representing a drop in travel in April when the state was at the height of its coronavirus slowdown.

Alabama cities and counties can now apply for reimbursement of expenses related to the COVID-19 health crisis. For the state’s larger municipalities and counties, millions of dollar are available.

Three patients at the Mary Starke Harper Geriatric Psychiatry Center in Tuscaloosa have died recently from COVID-19, the Alabama Department of Mental Health told Alabama Daily News on Tuesday.

Receipts in the state’s Education Trust Fund were down nearly $60 million, 8.13%, in May compared to the same month in 2019.

Alabama's largest insurer and its affiliated pharmacy benefits manager is increasing reimbursement rates to independent drug stores.

The Alabama State Department of Education is planning a statewide virtual learning option for K-12 students whose parents may not want them to return to traditional classrooms this fall. The online platform will also be an option should school systems have to close their physical doors again.

Alabama farmers who have suffered losses because of the coronavirus outbreak can now apply for aid through an up to $16 billion federal Coronavirus Food Assistance Program.

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.

Alabama hospitals lost about $739 million in revenue from mid-March to the end of April because of the coronavirus outbreak, according to data collected by the Alabama Hospital Association.