By Zach Hester, Reporter • zach@southerntorch.com (Photo via governor.alabama.gov) MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Last week, Governor Kay Ivey (R-Ala.) announced her "Light Up Friday Nights" campaign. The campaign calls on Alabamians to raise…
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Ivey Awards $35M to Health, Emergency Personnel
By Zach Hester, Reporter • zach@southerntorch.com MONTGOMERY, Ala. — On Thursday, Governor Kay Ivey (R-Ala.) awarded $35 million in Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding to establish the…
Jones Introduces Bill to Strengthen Telemedicine
By Zach Hester, Reporter • zach@southerntorch.com (Photo by Butch Gill | AP Photo) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.) has joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers in introducing a…
VIDEO: Doug Jones addresses crowd in Fyffe
PHOTO: Doug Jones (D - Birmingham) addressed Northeast Alabama Democrats at the Fyffe Senior Center on Tuesday night. (Tyler Pruett | Southern Torch) By Tyler Pruett, Managing Editor tyler@southerntorch.com FYFFE, Ala. — (Video…
Does Alabama Already Have a Better Healthcare Model Than the Medicaid Expansion?
Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court provided states with the opportunity to reject the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Medicaid expansion without jeopardizing existing Medicaid funds, the expansion has become a political…