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Leanna Washington, 36, of LaGrange, Georgia, was found dead in the James Morgan County Detention Facility in LaFayette.
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Gov. Ivey invites students to apply for 2025 Summer Internship Program
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Gov. Ivey joins Trump, GOP governors at Mar-a-Lago to discuss key policies
Gov. Ivey mourns security detail member Justin Williams, 42, succumbed to cancer
Ivey opens applications for Alabama’s new CHOOSE Act school choice program
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Ensler pushes gun violence measures: Glock switch ban, safety grants, more
Prefiled bills seek to “add some teeth” to immigration enforcement
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State lawmakers discuss regulating cryptocurrency in commission meeting
Sen. April Weaver joins Club for Growth Foundation’s 2025 fellowship class
- Economy
Alabama Realtors release December Alabama Economic and Real Estate Report
Workers overwhelmingly vote to unionize at Tuscaloosa chemical plant
Small businesses struggle to fill job openings as labor market remains tight
Commerce Secretary Ellen McNair talks first year in office, 2025 plans
Sweet Grown Alabama changes membership levels to flat $100 annual fee
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Sens. Britt and Tuberville co-sponsor bill to repeal methane tax
Police: Trump’s pardons of Jan. 6 rioters means “politics more important than policing”
Trump ends program to lower prescription prices, make disease therapy available
Sen. Britt’s landmark immigration enforcement bill passes Senate
Alabama Republicans celebrate Trump inauguration
- Education
AFP-Alabama applauds the opening of Education Savings Accounts applications
Alabama considers new education funding models to address inequalities
Alabama exploring expanding Pre-K program to home-based settings
Vouchers reduce school funding without lowering fixed costs: EPI report
Google gives $1 million to Stillman Cybersecurity Clinic in memory of Dr. Kevin Harris
- Health
Alabama commissioners discuss crisis services amidst mental health crisis
Medical Association commend FDA’s ban on Red Dye No. 3
PEEHIP board talks 2024 finances, “treacherous waters” ahead
White Lightning: Inside Alabama’s raw milk “secret society”
New billboard urges Medicaid expansion to save Alabama hospitals
- Opinion
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ADOC had selected YesCare to be its new health and mental health care provider on June 30.
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The deaths marked yet another deadly weekend for the state's incarcerated population.
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The defendant was released on good time, despite committing multiple crimes while incarcerated.
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ADOC forced a female reporter to change her clothes because her skirt was "too short."
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An estimated 25 incarcerated men have died in the Alabama prison system since the first of this year.
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The report describes the widespread, disparate harms resulting from the arrests, harsh prison sentences, and incarceration on Black communities.
News
The ADOC spokesperson did not give a cause of death for each incarcerated man and said that their deaths are being investigated.
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The state's $509 million bond sale to fund the construction of two new men's prisons was finalized Tuesday morning, despite lawsuits.
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The incarcerated man is the second to die in the Elmore facility in as many months.
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A formal autopsy and investigation are ongoing.