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The Alabama League of Municipalities will consider whether to seek postponement of elections scheduled for this summer in most cities and towns.
alMost cities and towns in Alabama have elections this summer, although Birmingham, Mobile, Huntsville, and Montgomery are among those that don't.
alThe National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and Greater Birmingham Association of Home Builders are urging members, and all residential construction companies, to halt work for at least 10 minutes Thursday.
al"I cannot in good conscience stand by and voluntarily forego a business that many people have worked so hard to build and maintain," the president of the company that owns The Male Room in Inverness said in a Facebook Post.
Optimism in north Alabama: Huntsville officials continue to be optimistic about the numbers they have seen in recent days. "When I was preparing my remarks, I started out with 'all is well,'" Pam Hudson, CEO of Huntsville's Crestwood Hospital, said at a Wednesday briefing. "I lined through that because that seemed cocky. I changed it to 'so far so good.' We're on solid track to claim success to flattening the curve. That doesn't mean we have beat COVID. It just means what we're doing is working; what you're doing is working. It also means the number of cases we are seeing that need hospitalization are well within the capabilities of your hospitals. That's how we need to keep it so we don’t experience what some other communities are experiencing with the overwhelming number of cases and the difficulty of keeping the supply chain for those. So, so far, so good." Hudson cautioned, though, that "one graduation party, one funeral, one wedding, one gathering where people are not careful" could lead to a spike of cases.
Ten inmates at the Mobile Metro Jail have tested positive for COVID-19 and are being treated at the jail, Mobile County Sheriff Sam Cochran said. Test results are pending on three other inmates.
alMobile County Sheriff Sam Cochran said the metro jail's medical unit is full and accommodations have been made to isolate inmates in other parts of the jail.
alOrganizers considered move to fall, but opted to offer "uncompromised Hangout experience" next spring.
alStudents planning to improve their test scores will have to wait once again.
Birmingham-based Red Diamond Tea & Coffee has contributed more than 1,000 bottles of its Fitz Cold Brew Coffee and Fortify Cold Brew Tea to Brookwood Baptist Hospital, Grandview Medical Center, Mountain Brook Fire Department, St. Vincent’s Birmingham Hospital and the YMCA of Greater Birmingham. The company is also partnering with Birmingham's Fit Five Meals through Frontline Heroes to deliver beverages and meals to area hospital employees and local organizations, and working with Birmingham-area YMCA locations to supply beverages for staff as they provide emergency childcare to families with parents working in healthcare.
alAlabama lawmakers are non-committal about revisiting Medicaid expansion, meanwhile Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala) pushes for a federal incentive
