University of Alabama

Business Owners Say they’re ‘Stuck in the Middle’ with Vaccine Mandate Controversy

Now that Alabama legislators passed a bill (SB9) to create exemptions, whether religious or not, for the Biden Administration’s vaccine mandate, many business owners say they are stuck in the middle. “The primary target of it is a religious rather wise personal exemption to the federal COVID vaccine mandate,” said Dr. Allen Linkin, professor and researcher at the University of…

Board Denies Problems in Homecoming Vote at Alabama

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A board that oversees elections at the University of Alabama denies that problems should have invalidated balloting for homecoming queen this year. The election was the subject of a sit-in demonstration this week following reports of electoral problems by the student newspaper. But a statement released by the Elections Board on Tuesday denies that the campaign…

Settlement reached in suit over Alabama student’s suicide

Courtesy: Remembering Megan Rondini Facebook MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The father of a University of Alabama student who ended her life after reporting she was raped has settled a lawsuit against the man she had accused. Details of the settlement between Michael Rondini, of Austin, Texas, and T.J. Bunn Jr. were not released, The Tuscaloosa News reported. Rondini and his wife…