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State senate greenlights $2.3B General Fund budget

The Alabama Legislature reconvened Tuesday after a weeks-long hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic and in short order approved the state’s General Fund budget for ... Read more

by Adam Powell, Wednesday, May 6, 2020 2:49 pm

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Broadband Association calls for focus on unserved areas

The Alabama Cable and Broadband Association (ACBA) on Monday called for any additional federal relief funds for expanding access to broadband in the state to ... Read more

by Adam Powell, Tuesday, May 5, 2020 3:33 pm

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Selma native returns to help area farmers

Danielle Smith, a Selma native recently hired as a Sustainable Food System Resource Specialist for West Alabama by the Tuskegee University Cooperative Extension (TUCE), is ... Read more

by Adam Powell, Tuesday, May 5, 2020 3:32 pm

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ADOL: 84 percent of claims have been paid

The Alabama Department of Labor (ADOL) announced Monday that between March 16 and May 1 more than $503 million in COVID-19 related unemployment benefits had ... Read more

by Adam Powell, Tuesday, May 5, 2020 3:31 pm

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Library to hand out masks upon reopening

As the state shows its first signs of reopening amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, operations of all shapes and sizes are cautiously eying reopening their ... Read more

by Adam Powell, Monday, May 4, 2020 4:25 pm

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Longtime lawman enters Selma’s mayoral race

Former Selma Police Department (SPD) Chief Robert Green announced Monday afternoon that he would be entering Selma’s mayoral race, joining former Mayor James Perkins and ... Read more

by Adam Powell, Monday, May 4, 2020 4:22 pm

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Weekly unemployment claims inch up in county, across the state

The Alabama Department of Labor (ADOL) on Thursday released weekly unemployment numbers, as it has since the COVID-19 pandemic started taking hold of the state ... Read more

by Adam Powell, Thursday, April 30, 2020 4:09 pm

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AL House Dems concerned about rushing budget

Following an announcement earlier this week that the Alabama Legislature would reconvene May 4 to approve the Education Trust Fund and General Fund budgets, Alabama ... Read more

by Adam Powell, Thursday, April 30, 2020 4:08 pm

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AG’s office: Diners can enter restaurants for take-out orders

Following the citation of multiple local businesses for allowing customers to enter the building to pick up take-out orders, the Alabama Attorney General’s office has ... Read more

by Adam Powell, Wednesday, April 29, 2020 3:56 pm

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Hazard pay, new judge approved

The Selma City Council met Tuesday for its regularly scheduled meeting, held over the web due to the ongoing public health emergency, and approved Selma ... Read more

by Adam Powell, Wednesday, April 29, 2020 3:55 pm

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MainStreet clinics now offering antibody testing

As the state looks to reopen its economy amid a still-raging global pandemic, MainStreet Family Care and KidsStreet Urgent Care are offering antibody testing, in ... Read more

by Adam Powell, Wednesday, April 29, 2020 3:54 pm

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Sewell lauds Ivey for ‘measured’ approach to reopening state

Shortly after Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey’s press conference Tuesday, in which she announced a new “Safer at Home” order that marks the start of a ... Read more

by Adam Powell, Wednesday, April 29, 2020 9:25 am

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Coalition report: Census responses low in county

The Selma-Dallas County Coronavirus Community Coalition held its weekly telephone town hall Tuesday at noon, during which Collins Pettaway III, a representative for the U.S. ... Read more

by Adam Powell, Wednesday, April 29, 2020 9:23 am

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Contract with grant firm collapses due to inaction

In October of last year, the Selma City Council approved a $60,000 contract with the Montgomery-based company Azimuth, which provides full-service grant work to municipalities ... Read more

by Adam Powell, Wednesday, April 29, 2020 9:22 am

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Committee mulls hazard pay for essential workers

The Selma City Council’s Public Safety Committee met Monday to discuss, among other things, extending hazard pay to the city’s first responders throughout the duration ... Read more

by Adam Powell, Monday, April 27, 2020 3:08 pm

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