Alabama Senate passes Alabama Numeracy Act The act would create mathematics task forces, hire hundreds of math coaches and provide training for teachers. By Eddie Burkhalter The Alabama Senate on…
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Poll: Alabama Voters Support Medicaid Expansion
Poll: More than seven in 10 Alabama voters support Medicaid expansion The poll found that 65.8 percent of Republican voters supported Medicaid expansion. By: EDDIE BURKHALTER A recent poll shows…
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Senate Judiciary Committee Passes Wiretapping Bill
The Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee passed Wednesday a bill to allow state-level wiretapping of individuals suspected of certain felony drug crimes. By: JOHN H. GLENN The Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee…
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Convicted Cop Remains Free Two Years Later
Despite conviction, Montgomery cop remains free two years later Former Montgomery officer AC Smith was convicted in January 2020 of killing an unarmed Black man. He’s still free today. By:…
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ALABAMA ARISE UPDATE:
Arise 2022: Alabama’s death penalty practices remain unjust and unusually cruel Americans increasingly oppose the death penalty. Gallup found that opposition to the death penalty more than doubled in the…
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Alabama’s Deadly Prison Crisis
APR’s 2021 coverage of Alabama’s deadly prison crisis By Eddie BURKHALTER Alabama’s prisons are overcrowded, understaffed and have for years been unable to protect prisoners from sexual violence, physical violence,…
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Alabama Prisoner 69th to Die With COVID-19
Alabama prisoner becomes 69th to die with COVID-19 By EDDIE BURKHALTER Cleveland Thomas, 73, on Dec. 2 became the 69th incarcerated person in Alabama to die having been positive for…
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Alabama Has Second Largest COVID Deaths…
Alabama has the second largest COVID deaths per capita in the nation, third least vaccinated By EDDIE BURKHALTER The U.S. on Monday was nearing the grim milestone of 800,000 COVID…
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Alabama Child Support Series-2
Is your Alabama county making illegal payments to Judges? How much of your local Department of Human Resources budget is paid by the Federal Government? The Federal Government gives a…
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The Alabama Child Support Series-1
The child support enforcement laws that have been enacted in Alabama in the past few years are unfair to non-custodial parents (NCP’s) and their children. A primary difficulty with these…
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