Aerospace and Defense Commission recommends renaming Confederate-named military bases The Southern Poverty Law Center Action Fund noted there remain more than 700 such military location still named in honor of the Confederacy. Eddie BurkhalterMay 27, 2022
Prisons Alabama prisons see three more deaths Two of the men died within hours of one another at Donaldson prison. Officials are awaiting autopsies. Eddie BurkhalterMay 26, 2022
Elections In Alabama House, Senate, nine incumbents lose In addition to the nine incumbents who lost, three in the Alabama House appear headed for runoffs. Eddie BurkhalterMay 26, 2022
Elections Wes Allen, Jim Zeigler headed to runoff in GOP race for secretary of state State Rep. Wes Allen and State Auditor Jim Zeigler are headed to the Republican primary election runoff set for June 21. Eddie BurkhalterMay 25, 2022
Elections Attorney General Steve Marshall wins Republican nomination Marshall had received nearly 90 percent of the votes as of Tuesday evening, beating out Daphne attorney Harry Bartlett Still III. Eddie BurkhalterMay 24, 2022
Prisons Two firearms confiscated outside Alabama prisons in late 2021 No suspects have been identified in the case of a gun found in a field outside Fountain Correctional Facility, according to the Department of... Eddie BurkhalterMay 24, 2022
Prisons Two more deaths in Alabama prisons Trey Norwood, 28, was found unresponsive at Ventress on May 17. Earnest Charles McReynolds, 69, died on May 10 at Donaldson Correctional Facility. Eddie BurkhalterMay 23, 2022
News Alabama reaches new record low unemployment rate The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 2.8 percent, down from March’s 2.9 percent and April 2021’s rate of 3,6 percent. Eddie BurkhalterMay 20, 2022
Prisons New podcast “Deliberate Indifference” spotlights Alabama’s deadly prisons WBHM's Mary Scott Hodgin spent several years investigating Alabama's prison crisis for the podcast, which released the first episode Wednesday. Eddie BurkhalterMay 20, 2022
Health More than 15 million in U.S. could lose Medicaid coverage without action Once the COVID public health emergency ends, millions will have to reapply for Medicaid or find coverage elsewhere. Eddie BurkhalterMay 19, 2022