Category: <span>Digest</span>

Labor shortage hitting state agencies; Biden signs $1T infrastructure deal; Marshall sues to stop Biden health care worker vaccine mandate; Lawsuits challenge new legislative, congressional lines; Ivey names Liz Filmore chief of staff

Scenes from Birmingham's Veterans Day parade; Biden bill includes sweetener for union-made EVs; Heavy burden for consumers as holidays near: Soaring prices; Alabama boy named world's most premature infant to survive; Football Saturday

Amazon adding three Alabama locations, 900 jobs; Internal poll shows Britt ahead in Senate race; Advocates suggest housing assistance for those leaving prison; DOJ announces environmental justice probe in Lowndes County; Inflation: producer prices rise 8.6%, matching September record high

Commission on state's pandemic response recommends legislation; Voting rights pioneers honored at Alabama state archives; Biden asks Democrats do so much with so little in Congress; Congress mandates new car technology to stop drunken driving; 83 year-old Alabamian is oldest to hike Appalachian Trail

Authority: $40.8M in emergency rental assistance has reached Alabamians; Roads, transit, internet: What's in the infrastructure bill; Top Republicans bullish on 2022 prospects after Virginia win; Appeals court stays vaccine mandate on larger businesses; AP Top 25: Cincinnati holds on to No. 2 as Tide closes in

Legislature wraps redistricting work; Vaccine mandate exemption bills up for final votes; The OSHA vaccine mandate is here; Committee passes plan to strip racist language from state constitution; All eyes on vulnerable House Democrats after election losses

Maps set for final passage; Vaccine exemption bills advance; Shipt starts home alcohol delivery; GOP sweep in Virginia jolts Dems, tight race in NJ; Braves win it all

Preview: Special session starts today; Health officials: COVID-19 numbers moving in right direction; Biden to Capitol Hill for latest budget pitch; Garland defends school board memo amid Republican criticism; Woman gets life in prison for helping husband plan killings

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