Redistricting maps pass committee along party lines; Medicaid enrollment increases with COVID-19, federal rules; Claudette Colvin seeks expungement; Biden, Democrats race to finalize scaled back budget deal; Senators put YouTube, TikTok, Snap on defensive over kids' use
Despite low unemployment, state's economy suffers from workforce participation slump; Long-serving State Rep. Victor Gaston won't seek reelection; FDA panel endorses booster shot for J&J COVID-19 vaccine; Crunch time: Biden, Dems face critical next 2 weeks for agenda; AP Top 25
Special session set for Oct. 28; Biden signs debt limit hike; Abortion fight looms at Supreme Court; Wholesale prices rose record 8.6% over 12 months; Football Saturday
Redistricting session coming soon, but where are the maps? Committee revising state constitution close to final vote; Enrollment increases for community colleges, slight decreases for some universities; Mental capacity at issue as Smith faces another execution date; Inflation: surging prices match a 13-year high
Off to the (House) races; As Democrats press forward with IRS monitoring rule, Tuberville seeks support for countermeasure; 2 inmates killed within a week in state prisons; 'Difficult decisions' as Biden, Democrats shrink plan to $2T; FDA authorizes first e-cigarette, cites benefit for smokers
Marsh gauging 'real interest' in education for 2022; COVID-19 update: Hospitalizations way down statewide; Merck asks FDA to authorize promising anti-COVID pill; Judge: Prison staffing levels will be issue on DOJ lawsuit; House returns for debt limit vote
$46B in COVID funds have flowed into Alabama; Weather delay, rot posing worry for Alabama cotton crop; Fall poses big tests for Congress; Sluggish jobs report a drag on Biden and his agenda; AP Top 25
Four killed from flooding; Senate votes to raise debt limit, avoiding default; Britt again sets pace in Senate race fundraising with $1.5M haul; Bonner a finalist for South Alabama presidency; Football Saturday
Changes coming to medical marijuana law; Slain officer honored with procession through north Alabama; Brinksmanship on the debt limit; Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp face worldwide outage; Wallace wins at Talladega
Prison plan: How it happened and what's next; Can Dems come together to save Biden agenda? 3. SCOTUS begins new term today; Ex-Facebook manager alleges social network fuled Capitol riot; AP Top 25
Special session begins; Judiciary chairman to Treasury: Alabama 'misusing' COVID-19 funds for prisons; Tuberville bill would nix proposed IRS bank monitoring measure; GOP blocks government funding and debt limit increase; Dems will try again; Pentagon leaders to face Congress on Afghan pullout decision
10 things to know as the special session begins; Alcohol law goes into effect Oct. 1, but don't expect deliveries right away; Big week ahead after budget talks hit 'stalemate'; Poll numbers down, justices say they aren’t politicians; AP Top 25
1. Alabama lawmakers weigh using virus funds to build prisons Alabama is weighing the use of $400 million in pandemic relief funds to build new prisons, a proposal that state Republican leaders say would save state taxpayer money but that critics argue is not the intended use of the federal aid. Lawmakers on Monday are...
Will special session include sentencing reform? Will the State House be open during the special session? Alabama virus hospitalizations continue downward trajectory? Democrats tie government funding to debt bill, GOP digs in; News Briefs
Perry County facility key factor in prison plan; Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine works in kids ages 5 to 11; Senate parliamentarian deals blow to Dems' immigration push; Law enforcement confronts Haitian migrants at border; AP Top 25
