Governor Ivey signed 5 bills today.
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This increase comes a year after the pandemic caused college enrollment nationally to decline 2.5%. According to the National Student Clearinghouse, the decline in fall 2020 was nearly twice the rate of decline the previous year.
The awards are part of more than $40 million allocated to Alabama under a special Community Development Block Grant program funded from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
BROOKWOOD, Ala. (AP) – A union says nearly a dozen miners who’ve been striking an Alabama coal company for about two months were arrested during a protest outside a mine in Tuscaloosa County. The United Mine Workers of America says 11 members were charged with trespassing at a Warrior Met Coal mine in Tuscaloosa County on Tuesday evening. They were…
FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) – A Florence man accused of attacking his three children and brother with a machete held police at bay for more than three hours before officers arrested him to end the standoff. Authorities say Kyle Seeley seriously injured the four at a home Wednesday morning and then barricaded himself inside. Police say the victims were taken to…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is weighing whether to delay next year’s high-stakes requirement to hold back third-graders who aren’t reading on grade level. Ivey has through Thursday to sign legislation by Democratic Sen. Rodger Smitherman of Birmingham that would push back the promotion requirement from the 2021-22 school year to the 2023-24 school year. If she…
BETTER RAIN CHANCES: For today, expect a mix of sun and clouds with some scattered afternoon and evening showers. Highs today will range from the upper 80s to lower 90s. For Friday, a surface front will push into Alabama allowing for a better coverage of showers and storms Friday afternoon, evening, and night, and a few strong storms can’t be…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – An Alabama sheriff has resigned ahead of an impeachment proceeding that sought to remove him from office. Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office announced Wednesday that Clarke County Sheriff William Ray Norris is resigning effective June 1. That is a day before Norris was to appear in a hearing at the Alabama Supreme Court to respond to…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has signed legislation to ban curbside voting in the state. Ivey’s office announced Wednesday that she had signed the bill by Republican Rep. Wes Allen of Troy. It would forbid election workers from setting up curbside areas for people to vote as well as forbid the setting up of voting machines outside…
