Republicans have been using the issue to hit at Democrats for weeks, pointing to data suggesting that many schools are safe to open now and charging that the Biden administration is siding with teachers’ unions over science and the needs of American families.
Rush Limbaugh called himself a truth detector, doctor of democracy, lover of mankind, all-around good guy and harmless fuzz ball, titles his legions of followers embraced as he boomed from their radios in a daily ritual.
A winter storm warning and advisories that reached all the way from the Mexican border to the Washington, D.C., area included most of Louisiana and Mississippi, northwestern Alabama and slivers of northern Georgia and South Carolina.
Legislation moving through the Legislature would create a sexual assault survivor "bill of rights" and sets a requirement for how long law enforcement must preserve evidence from sexual assault cases.
The storm that overwhelmed power grids and immobilized the Southern Plains carried heavy snow and freezing rain into New England and the Deep South and left behind painfully low temperatures. Wind-chill warnings extended from Canada into Mexico.
Evans also pushed for passage of legislation to give crime victims a greater voice in the criminal justice system and was a mentor to many young attorneys, said friends and former colleagues.
A Democratic-led effort to pass a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package has passed its latest challenge with House committees advancing measures that will soon be combined into a single bill expected to clear the full House by the end of February.
President Joe Biden is promising a majority of elementary schools will be open five days a week by the end of his first 100 days in office, resetting his goal after his administration came under fire when aides said schools would be considered open if they held in-person learning just one day a week.
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said in a news release that an indictment accuses McCoy of letting a family member use a 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe owned by the city. The indictment also charges the mayor with using his position to obtain extensions or waivers of $43,302 in utility charges and using a city account to make personal purchases valued at more than $643.
A delay in U.S. Census Bureau data to states until this fall could mean an odd situation for elected officials and those who wish to unseat them in 2022.
The U.S. Census Bureau said Friday it won't be delivering data used for redrawing congressional and state legislative districts until the end of September, causing headaches for state lawmakers and redistricting commissions facing deadlines to redraw districts this year.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Unusually cold temperatures and slippery road conditions prompted officials in the Deep South to urge people to stay home Monday as the winter storms shut down roads, caused dozens of traffic accidents and claimed the life of a Louisiana man who fatally slipped on ice. A winter storm that brought...
Parades and parties on Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) and the days leading up to the annual pre-Lenten bash usually draw more than a million people to the streets on New Orleans and Mobile.
While Biden has taken some major steps in his first weeks in office to reverse Trump's hardline immigration policies, his administration hasn't lifted some of the most significant barriers to asylum-seekers.
Auburn fired Malzahn in December, paying a $21.5 million contract buyout to the coach, after the Tigers went 6-4 in 2020. The buyout had no mitigation clause and is not decreased by Malzahn taking another job.
