The Human Rights Campaign is out with a ranking of the states based on the laws they have protecting LGBTQ persons. And Alabama is among the states ranked as not providing “basic equality” Those states are: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South…
And Montgomery is a case in point…with some 20 pedestrian deaths between 2008 and 2017. The 2019 “Dangerous By Design” report indicates a cluster of those deaths occurred along the South Boulevard near I-65. That’s near the Greyhound Bus Station on one side of the street and several fast-food restaurants and hotels on the other. One of the most…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – The Latest on the shooting of two police officers in Alabama (all times local): 11:30 a.m. Officials have released the name of an Alabama police sergeant killed in an early morning shooting. Birmingham police officials identified the officer as 44-year-old Sgt. Wytasha Carter. Local news media report Carter had served with the Birmingham Police Department since…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Federal health officials say that the flu is now widespread in Alabama – and it’s expected to increase. Al.com reports that Alabama is among 19 states reporting high levels of influenza in a recent report to the Centers for Disease Control. High levels of the flu were also reported in Mississippi, Georgia and South Carolina, among…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – An Alabama-based chiropractor, who was accused in a scheme to conduct fraudulent physical examinations on prospective long haul truckers and submit false documents to federal transportation regulators, has been sentenced to more than three years in prison. The Ledger-Enquirer reports Chief U.S. District Judge W. Keith Watkins of the Middle District of Alabama sentenced Dr. Kenneth…
Most fans were shocked and surprise at the outcome of Monday nights championship game. The Clemson Tigers pulled away to a 44-16 victory in convincing fashion to become the only undefeated champion in the history of the College Football Playoff era. Some fans say they expected a close game, but no one expected the game to be some one-sided. Here…
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TheSafewize group is offering free vouchers for New Year’s rides to the first 100 people to register for them in the five states with the most drunk driving fatalities, including Alabama. The numbers used to rank the states are based on figures from the National Transportation Safety Board, which also writes: Economic Cost for All Traffic Crashes The…
Alabama has among the highest rates of people on probation and community supervision compared to all but one of the states surrounding us. Florida’s rate is even higher. The Pew Charitable Trust ranks Alabama as having higher rates than Georgia, Tennessee and Mississippi. Probation and parole rates grew nationally by triple digits in the years between 1980 and 2016, mostly…
Alabama’s unemployment rate dipped slightly last month. State officials said Friday the jobless rate was 4 percent of the workforce in November. That’s down from 4.1 percent in October. The national jobless rate in November was 3.7 percent. The November 2017 rate in Alabama was 3.8 percent. State officials say the jobless rate last month represented about 87,800 unemployed persons….
