Category: <span>Digest</span>

Stats: Drug overdose deaths increased significantly in 2020; Pfizer to discuss COVID-19 vaccine booster with US officials; Gas prices rise, could hold steady; New state veterans home to be named for Bennie Adkins;

Second bill targeting Critical Race Theory filed for '22 legislative session; Johnny Ford takes saw to Confederate statue in Tuskegee; State sees uptick in COVID-19 hospitalizations; Job openings rise to record high, layoffs hit record low; Trump files suit against Facebook, Twitter and YouTube

Anti-rioting bill pre-filed for 2022 session; Britt hauls in $2.24M for Senate campaign; ADPH: Several Alabama counties still at risk for virus; Judge to decide lawsuit over Alabama nuclear plant sale; Op-Ed: Protecting Alabama’s waters requires more than lawsuits

Committee to analyze state’s response to COVID-19; State leaders continue prison talks; Ivey raises $1.2 million for reelection; US added a robust 850,000 jobs in June as hiring rebounded; Op-Ed: Funds could help 'unsung heroes'

Poole, Ledbetter in for Speaker; Inside Alabama Politics - Part Two; Census Bureau dodges challenge to controversial privacy tool; Ivey, 19 other GOP governors oppose Supreme Court expansion; Roads, bridges, jobs: Biden selling big infrastructure deal

Speaker won't seek reelection; Inside Alabama Politics - Part One; Crews spend 5th day atop shaky pile of collapsed concrete; 'It definitely feels early': GOP's long race to 2024 begins; Senators to watch as Dems debate changing filibuster rules

State making progress to reach 500,000 newly credentialed workers; RIP Sonny Callahand; How does moratorium affect high-vacancy Alabama? Bipartisan infrastructure deal appears back on track after Biden walk-back; US airstrikes target Iran-backed militias in Syria, Iraq

'Words cannot explain' tragedy of crash; Kids Count: Alabama 47th in nation for child well-being; Sorrell makes Auditor bid official; Supreme Court win for college athletes in compensation case; Fight over filibuster to begin on elections overhaul bill

Investigators seek answers in 'horrific' crash; Biden and Congress return for summer grind; Inflation: the policy and the politics; 'Obamacare' survives again: Supreme Court dismisses big challenge; Lee County man shot, killed after pointing gun at police

'Retain Alabama' effort looks to keep college grads home; Border wall: Biden returns diverted defense money; SCOTUS could consider case on race in college admissions; What if? College Football Playoff matchups in 12-team format;

State of the State House: Officials consider what to do with building in disrepair; Another COVID side effect: Many kids head to summer school; Biden ends GOP infrastructure talks; In Mexico, Harris defends against criticism over border; Feds gauging interest in Gulf of Mexico wind power

Alabama's lagging vaccination rates a concern; Katie Britt announces run for U.S. Senate; New testing, 'implied consent' law changes target drugged drivers; Harris to Guatemalans: 'Do not come. Do not come'; Saban inks new 8-year deal through 2028 season

Congress returns; Pendergrass to challenge Dismukes for State House; Alabama Air National Guard gets first female general; Testimony: Man led police to son's body after public plea; Selma-to-Montgomery march camps top list of endangered sites

Tuberville talks military, vaccines in Montgomery visit; Marshall seeks second term as Alabama attorney general; Jobs report: 559K jobs added in May; US to swiftly boost global vaccine sharing; Pence: I'll likely never see eye to eye with Trump on Jan. 6

As prison lease plan fizzles, Ivey, lawmakers considering options; Ivey announces reelection bid; What is dead may never die: I-10 bridge returns to Mobile's plans; Free beer, other new incentives for Biden's 'vaccine sprint'; Trump toys with conservatives on 2024 run