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Senate rejects vote on Trump's push for $2K checks; Mo finds his huckleberry: Hawley will join election challenge; Jones in quarantine after wife tests positive for COVID-19; The stories that defined 2020; Will Whatley: To better days ahead

Presented by the Alabama Rural Broadband Coalition   Good morning! Here’s your Daily News for Wednesday, December 30.     1. COVID-19 update Alabama ranked sixth on the list of states with the most new COVID-19 cases per capita over the past week, according to Johns Hopkins University. Alabama’s latest average positivity rate — the...

House passes Trump-requested $2,000 check bill; House overrides Trump's veto on NDAA; Nashville bomber left hints of trouble, but motive elusive; More vaccines on the way; Six Bama players named All Americans

Trump relents, signs COVID relief and spending package; After naming bombing suspect, focus turns to motive; In the Weeds: Exit interview with Bradley Byrne; Veto override on NDAA?

Trump vetoes NDAA; COVID veto threat tests GOP loyalty to Trump; Bill would amend parole and probation violation sentencing, ease county jail crowding; Pfizer to supply additional 100M doses of vaccine; Christmas in the ICU

Trump threatens to veto COVID relief with new demands; Bill extends deadline for CARES Act money; Bill would allow businesses, places of worship remain open in emergencies; Consumer relief: bill to end ‘surprise’ medical bills; Auburn hires Bryan Harsin

Congress seals deal on COVID-19 relief; Telemedicine shift helping rural hospitals, patients; People over 75, essential workers next in line for vaccine; Trump floats Sidney Powell as special counsel; Bama to meet Notre Dame in relocated Rose Bowl

Ivey study group on gambling releases report ;Agreement likely from congress on COIVD relief bill ;AL jobless rate drops to 4.4%, still above 2019 level ;AL to get fewer COVID vaccine doses than expected ;Infant mortality rate rises in AL

Vaccinations begin; Kirk Hatcher wins in SD-26; Lawmaker wants limits on Artificial Intelligence arrests; Progress on COVID-19 relief bill; McConnell warns GOP of Electoral College brawl

Vaccine arrives; Electors meet, Biden addresses divided nation; Group advocates for lottery revenue to go toward scholarships; Congress resumes talks on COVID relief, appropriations; AG Barr resigning

Ivey extends incentives, clears up tax issue; First COVID-19 vaccine shipments begin; ADOC rejects DOJ lawsuit; Official: Please skip holiday gatherings as virus surges; Congress avert shutdown, buy time for COVID relief talks

State seeing Thanksgiving virus surge; Congress stuck again on COVID deal; K-12 enrollment increases, still down from 2019; 17 AGs, 106 GOP House members sign onto Texas-led election lawsuit; Innovation Commission partners with Stanford's Hoover Institution

Dept. of Justice sues Alabama over violence in prisons; Ivey extends mask mandate; Community colleges seek funding for workforce development, correctional campus; Congress buys time; Hunter Biden tax probe examining Chinese business dealings