Health Rural health activist talks telehealth innovations, facing funding cuts In light of dwindling rural healthcare access, an Auburn University program is seeking to use emerging technologies to fill gaps. Wesley Walter9 hours ago
State Alabama Appleseed gets NFL grant renewal The nonprofit will use the grant to expand its growing legal and re-entry work for those recently released from Alabama prisons. Eddie BurkhalterJune 1, 2022
State Wade Perry exiting as ADP director Perry has served as executive director since 2020 — his second stint in the role. Josh MoonMay 31, 2022
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
State Fred Gray receives honorary degree from Princeton University Gray, once described by Rev. Martin Luther King as "the chief counsel for the protest movement," celebrated his 91st birthday in late December. John H. GlennMay 26, 2022
Education Opinion | Alabama’s FAFSA completion policy is yielding success This success of the FAFSA completion policy reminds us once again that leadership matters. Tim McCartneyMay 26, 2022
State Alabama DHR accepting applications for two child care stabilization grants The grants are funded by the American Rescue Plan Act. StaffMay 26, 2022
State Alabama STEM Council to strengthen teacher preparation across the state through UTeach The initiative is part of comprehensive efforts in Alabama to improve STEM education. StaffMay 25, 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
State State investigating campaign donations to Greene County sheriff Sheriff Jonathan Benison has received donations from a casino, a bingo charity and bingo-affiliated businesses. Josh MoonMay 23, 2022