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‘Soul of the city’: Birmingham’s A.G. Gaston Motel opens archive room as renovation continues

July 6, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Kalyn Dunkins Visitors to Birmingham’s civil rights trail can add one more stop after Thursday’s opening of a new section of the historic A.G. Gaston Motel. Named after Birmingham’s first Black millionaire, Arthur George Gaston, […]

Jesmyn Ward to receive Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction

July 6, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Lawrence Specker Jesmyn Ward, a Mississippi author whose academic career includes a stint teaching at the University of South Alabama, has become the youngest person ever to win the Library of Congress Prize for American […]

Alabama native tapped as stage designer for World Games 2022

July 6, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Barnett Wright Lyndell T. McDonald is ready for the World stage. McDonald, a Montgomery, Ala. native and assistant professor and technical supervisor at the University of Alabama, is the person responsible for creating and […]

Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox: Expand Medicaid for Alabama in wake of Roe v. Wade decision

June 29, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Kent Faulk Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox took to Twitter this weekend in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of abortion rights to say now is the time for Alabama to expand Medicaid coverage […]

ALABAMA’S TERRI COLLINS ON ROE VS. WADE: NO STATE ABORTION EXCEPTIONS PLANNED FOR RAPE, INCEST

June 29, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Sarah Swetlik Rep. Terri Collins, the Decatur Republican who sponsored what was the nation’s strictest anti-abortion law in 2019, said she expects no exceptions for rape or incest will be considered until Alabama’s next legislative […]

STDs surge in Alabama following pandemic dip; these counties saw the highest STD rates in 2021

June 29, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Ramsey Archibald Alabama – and the rest of the nation – saw a significant decline in reported sexually transmitted diseases in 2020. But that doesn’t mean cases actually decreased – and if 2021 numbers […]

ALDOT’s new I-10 plan: $2.7 billion project, $40 unlimited use toll rate, completion set for 2028

June 29, 2022 Bouldin 0

By John Sharp The Interstate 10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project’s costs have increased to $2.7 billion under a project that state officials are targeting for a completion by 2028, according to a project update […]

Supreme Court abortion ban: Alabama abortion advocates regroup after Roe v. Wade decision

June 24, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Amy Yurkanin Pro-abortion advocates in Alabama are shifting strategies to help women travel for care and protect them from prosecution in the aftermath of today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down the right to […]

As the South struggles with high hysterectomy rates, Black women lead the fight for change

June 22, 2022 Bouldin 0

NEWS RELEASE In 2016, pain began rippling through the abdomen of Birmingham Police Officer Kristy McKinney. More than a dozen years on duty had exposed her to all kinds of physical stress. McKinney had been […]

‘Shockwaves’: Alabama, U.S. see increase in shootings with multiple victims

June 22, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Ashley Remkus and Ramsey Archibald The church shooting in Vestavia Hills is the latest instance of increasing gun violence in Alabama, already one of the most violent states in America. But unlike other recent high-profile massacres […]