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Most states will offer summer EBT meal money for kids. Will Alabama?

January 16, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Trisha Powell Crain Alabama families will miss out on $65.4 million in federal aid designed to help feed children over the summer break. A spokesperson for Gov. Kay Ivey told AL.com it was a matter of timing and available […]

Lawmakers seek audit of Birmingham Water Works, citing allegations of fraud, waste and more

January 16, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Joseph D. Bryant After years of concerns over rate increases, customer complaints and employee dissatisfaction at the Birmingham Water Works, 21 Republicans and Democrats in the Alabama legislature are calling for an audit of the […]

Can Alabama do anything about deadly celebratory gunfire?

January 16, 2024 Bouldin 0

By John Sharp As Valerie Abbott tells it, the timing of her car battery dying before midnight on New Year’s Day was horrible. The sounds of rapid gunfire through the streets of Birmingham were compared with Fallujah, […]

Alabama is one of America’s unhealthiest states, Forbes finds: Here’s why

January 16, 2024 Bouldin 0

By William Thornton The “Heart of Dixie” might need a bypass. That’s according to a new survey from Forbes Advisor, which ranked the states according to overall health, chronic disease, substance abuse and other factors. Alabama ranked as […]

Medicare won’t pay for new weight loss drugs because of decades-old law

January 9, 2024 Bouldin 0

By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press As obesity rates rise among older adults, some lawmakers say the United States cannot afford to keep a decades-old law that prohibits Medicare from paying for new weight loss drugs, […]

Alabama among multiple state capitols receiving threats that sparked evacuations, lockdowns

January 9, 2024 Bouldin 0

By The Associated Press Alabama’s State Capitol was included among a swath of other states that on Wednesday received a bomb threat. A bomb threat emailed to officials in several states early Wednesday briefly disrupted government […]

Kim Kardashian: Alabama Death Row inmate Toforest Johnson ‘in prison for a crime he did not commit’

January 2, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Ivana Hrynkiw An Alabama Death Row inmate has a new ally in his fight for a new trial: Kim Kardashian. Kardashian, who is studying to be a lawyer, posted on social media Thursday morning about […]

Tommy Tuberville reportedly targeted in swatting call at Auburn home

January 2, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Mary Helene Hall U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, was the target of a swatting call that sent the Lee County SWAT team to a family residence on Christmas evening, reports WRBL, a Chattahoochee Valley TV […]

Alabama boating laws: Changes coming in 2024

January 2, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Amy Yurkanin A new law that takes effect Jan. 1 will switch many boating infractions in Alabama from misdemeanors and felonies to boating violations as part of an effort to create a system that resembles traffic enforcement. […]

‘Desperate situation’: Birmingham to begin sending misdemeanor inmates to county jail

January 2, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Joseph D. Bryant People arrested for misdemeanor offenses in Birmingham will be taken to the Jefferson County jail, rather than city jail beginning Monday. That’s according to an agreement the city reached with Jefferson County Sheriff […]