Congress Former McCarthy staffer: Brooks “cheering on” from inside the Capitol on Jan. 6 The former top aide to the House minority leader said he witnessed Brooks cheer from inside a secure location during the deadly attack. Eddie BurkhalterJanuary 6, 2022
Elections Mo Brooks, Mike Durant back Jeff Sessions on recusal in Russia probe Brooks has a long record of publicly defending Sessions’ tenure as attorney general, including by directly bucking Trump to do so. Bill BrittJanuary 6, 2022
Legislature Alabama House Republicans unveil 2022 agenda Many issues on the agenda are not a surprise: banning Critical Race Theory, allowing permitless carry, expanding rural broadband and more. Jacob HolmesJanuary 6, 2022
Health CDC: Shortened quarantine period for some applies to K-12 schools The news was a reversal from what state health officials had heard from the CDC hours before on Wednesday. Eddie BurkhalterJanuary 6, 2022
Legislature Opinion | Alabama lawmakers want to make the gun problem worse GOP policies have flooded the streets with weapons, leading to rising gun violence rates. Now they want to make it worse. Josh MoonJanuary 6, 2022
Health CDC approves COVID boosters for kids 12-17 About 5 million children are now eligible for boosters, but in Alabama, the percentage of vaccinated school-aged children remains very low. Eddie BurkhalterJanuary 6, 2022
State Former Sen. Doug Jones to host a discussion on democracy The event will begin at 12 p.m. EST/11 a.m. CST on Jan. 7, 2022. It will be streamed on the senator’s Twitter page. StaffJanuary 6, 2022
State ADECA releases state’s official Alabama Broadband Map, Connectivity Plan Utilizing ADECA’s address-level data, Alabama will be able to more accurately evaluate census blocks that are only partially served with broadband. StaffJanuary 6, 2022
Elections BCA’s ProgressPAC announces first round of legislative endorsements This is the first round of state legislative endorsements for the upcoming elections and more will follow at a later date. StaffJanuary 6, 2022
Education New data shows children using Waterford Upstart are exceeding mastery of subjects Waterford Upstart is an in-home, kindergarten readiness program that provides personalized, online instruction 15 minutes a day. StaffJanuary 6, 2022