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Alabama officials receive complaints about Black History Month as state debates CRT legislation

February 11, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Trisha Powell Crain As Alabama lawmakers look to take up multiple bills in the coming weeks that would ban divisive concepts associated with critical race theory, Alabama Superintendent Eric Mackey on Wednesday told members of […]

Man sues Alabama police after K-9 bite nearly cost him his arm

February 11, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Ashley Remkus, The Associated Press A man who spent 36 days in the hospital after a bite by a police dog nearly cost him his arm is now suing two Alabama police officers and […]

Single mothers in Birmingham can apply now for $375 monthly income

February 4, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Greg Garrison Birmingham’s pilot program to offer a “guaranteed income” to 110 single mothers in the city begins accepting applications today. Applications will be online only. Under the plan, selected beneficiaries would receive monthly payments […]

Netflix, Obamas to distribute Africatown documentary ‘DESCENDANT’

February 4, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Lawrence Specker “Descendant,” the Africatown documentary that just premiered at the Sundance film festival, has been picked up for worldwide distribution by Netflix and Higher Ground, Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company. The film […]

Auburn athletics reports $9.7 million loss in 2021

February 4, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Tom Green The true financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Auburn’s athletics department was reflected in the program’s most recent annual NCAA financial report, when the department reported operating at a loss during the […]

Comeback Town: It’s not too late for Alabama to save $100′s of millions and cut crime

January 28, 2022 Bouldin 0

By David Sher, Comeback Town and Today’s guest columnist is Carla Crowder. The State of Alabama suddenly has a lot of money. Federal funds are pouring into the state and lawmakers are figuring out right now […]

‘WHO’S REALLY LEARNING? : ’Alabama schools struggle as 1 in 3 students go virtual amid COVID

January 28, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Trisha Powell Crain Keeping Alabama’s schools open in the midst of the omicron surge is a struggle. Saraland Elementary Principal Stan Stokley told AL.com the waves of variants of COVID-19 have put stress on […]

Police in this tiny Alabama town suck drivers into legal ‘BLACK HOLE’

January 28, 2022 Bouldin 0

By John Archibald Ramon Perez came to court last month ready to fight the tickets he’d been handed by Brookside police, including one for rolling through a stop sign and another for driving 48 mph in […]

Alabama still has combined Martin Luther King, Robert E. Lee holiday

January 21, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Dennis Pillion Alabama has three state holidays dedicated to the Confederacy: King-Lee Day, Confederate Memorial Day; and the birthday of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in June. The first holiday of the year honors Confederate […]

Closed floors, sick staff: Alabama hospitals hit by resignations now stretched by omicron

January 21, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Sarah Whites-Koditschek Meliah Scarborough Mendoza was a medical social worker who helped discharge COVID-19 patients from a hospital in Mobile for the first year-and-a-half of the pandemic. When the hospital ran out of beds, […]