Durant defends record after sister, father abuse story resurfaces; Taxpayers face overloaded IRS as filing season opens Monday; Community colleges see enrollment increase; Birmingham closing 100-year old downtown bridge; US draws down Ukraine embassy presence as war fears mount
Daily News Digest – January 19, 2022
Special session starts today; What happened at the State House Tuesday; Saban joins fray on voting overhaul bill; Free rapid tests, masks made available; Major airlines fear 5G will upend travel this week
Daily News Digest – January 18, 2022
What's on tap; Draft bill shows ARPA spending on health care, broadband, water and sewer infrastructure; Harris: 'We hope' omicron is peaking in Alabama; Schumer to push for vote on filibuster change; Auburn up to No. 2 in AP poll, but some smell disrespect
Daily News Digest – January 13, 2022
Lawmakers move to repeal state's 2021 NIL law; PARCA report makes financial case for Medicaid expansion; James opens gubernatorial campaign with evangelical appeal; Alabama woman who joined Islamic State stuck in refugee camp; Inflation at 40-year high
Daily News Digest – January 12, 2022
Ivey charts ambitious path in State of the State address; State budgets: Historic revenue, 'fiscal cliff coming'; Durant raises $4.3M in Q4; 2nd election for Amazon workers in Alabama will be by mail; No. 4 Auburn holds off rival No. 24 Alabama, 81-77
Daily News Digest – January 11, 2022
Here come the budgets; Health officials let COVID-infected staff stay on the job; Home COVID tests to be covered by insurers starting Saturday; Alabama to spend $1M on training students for tourism work; Georgia snaps 41-year title drought with 33-18 win over Bama
Daily News Digest – January 10, 2022
Budgets, federal money are early session priorities; Armed with map and money, Legislature looks at broadband expansion; Supreme Court skeptical of Biden's workplace vaccine rule; Biden shied away from news conferences, interviews in Year 1; With title on the line, Georgia gets another crack at Bama
Weekend Digest – January, 9, 2022
Special session likely on federal ARPA funds; Rep. Steve McMillan will undergo treatments for brain tumors; Rep. Lynn Greer won't seek reelection; State says prison construction allowed with relief cash; No. Auburn beats Florida for 11th straight, showdown in Tuscaloosa looms
Daily News Digest – January 6, 2022
Alabama hospitals feeling effects of omicron; House GOP releases 'standing tall' agenda; Former Books-A-Million CEO announces run for governor; 2-week campaign fundraising 'blackout' starts Tuesday; Jan. 6 rioters in their own words
Daily News Digest – January 5, 2022
Omicron 'spreading like wildfire'; New legislative site offers better bill tracking, search options; Taylor drops out of Senate race, endorses Durant; Mike Kemp named chairman of BCA; Jan. 6 panel seeks interview with Sean Hannity
Daily News Digest – January 4, 2022
Some schools adjust as omicron variant spreads; Bill would keep foreign buyers from Alabama farm land, forests; Britt begins ad campaign; Schumer to push for vote on filibuster change; Auburn, Alabama are top ranked SEC hoop teams
Daily News Digest – January 3, 2022
Snow fall on Alabama; Lawmakers face decisions on federal relief funds; Blanchard ad blitz begins; Biden says US to act decisively if Russia invades Ukraine; Jan. 6 committee prepares to go public
Daily News Digest – December 28, 2021
Alabama Legislature to unveil new website; State seeing COVID uptick; Judge orders prison system to boost staff by 2025; Biden signs $768.2 billion defense bill into law; Auburn faces No. 21 Houston in Birmingham Bowl
Daily News Digest – December 21, 2021
Inside Alabama Politics; Alabama COVID-19 numbers tick up, still lower than most of the country; Alabama woman admits to more than $1M in pandemic fraud; Pivot to home testing as omicron spreads; Can Dems reach a new deal on BBB?
Daily News Digest – December 20, 2021
Financial abuse prevention law goes into effect Jan. 1; Alabama sees decline in infant mortality; Fallout: Dems furious after Manchin upends Biden bill; Appeals court allows Biden OSHA vaccine mandate to take effect; Don Dailey signs off Capitol Journal after remarkable run as host