How do you teach welding from a video screen?
How do you train a worker on an intricate, proprietary robot via distance learning?
Author: Mary Sell (Mary Sell)
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State health officer talks coronavirus prep, potential surge. ‘We really need for people to stay home’
Harris is an infectious disease specialist who now finds himself leading Alabama's efforts to combat the most deadly pandemic in a century.
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Alabama universities and colleges offer resources during crisis
By ABBY DRIGGERS, Alabama Daily News Several Alabama universities and college are doing their part to meet their respective communities’ needs amid the coronavirus public health crisis. “I am heartened by the generosity of college and university staff and students in supporting their community, hospitals and health care professionals,” Alabama Commission on Higher Education Executive...
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Alabama tax revenues up in first six months of year, coronavirus “drop” coming
Tax revenues for Alabama’s two operating budgets were higher at the end of March than they were the previous year with no significant coronavirus-caused declines yet visible, but state officials on Thursday told Alabama Daily News it could be into May before the true impact of the public health crisis is known.
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SNAP recipients to get additional benefits today
Some Alabamians enrolled in the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, commonly called SNAP and formerly referred to as food stamps, will be getting additional funds today as part of a federal response to the COVID-19 crisis.
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ADOC: List of inmates’ employers unavailable
The Alabama Department of Corrections won’t say what private businesses or government agencies its inmates work for, or how much they’re paid.
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ACHE leader: Remote learning for universities’ summer semester possible; Community colleges will finish semester online
By MARY SELL, Alabama Daily News The executive director of the Alabama Commission on Higher Education said Alabama’s universities may continue off-campus classes this summer because of ongoing COVID-19 concerns. In a letter to university presidents this week, Jim Purcell said institutions need to communicate with students and their families about what summer courses, which...
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As COVID-19 cases increase, medical staffing shortages a concern
As the epidemic worsens, Alabama will look for ways to bring more health care workers into the system.
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Lawmakers: Coronavirus could ‘doom’ much of legislative session
Alabama lawmakers are expected to be back in Montgomery March 31, but how long they’ll be able to work and what they’ll be able to do in the middle of a public health emergency is in question.
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Crisis highlights digital divide in Alabama
As the state grapples with education, government and industry closures in response to the coronavirus, the digital divide across the state is probably the most apparent it’s ever been. Much of rural Alabama doesn't have the infrastructure to bring broadband Internet into their homes.