Only a quarter of Alabama children eligible to receive federal childcare funds receive it
The First Five Years Fund, a child care advocacy group that works with federal lawmakers to reduce the cost of child care and improve accessibility, released a new data sheet for Alabama on Wednesday revealing that only 24 percent of eligible children in the state receive federal child care funding. The Child Care Development Block […]
Speaker Ledbetter to BCA: Workforce challenges to receive legislative attention â ‘This is a new Alabama’
On Tuesday morning, House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter addressed the Alabama Business Council, highlighting the various economic and workforce challenges the Alabama Legislature is tackling in the 2024 session, and how the state can achieve significant results. I shared what I've been up to. Ledbetter (R-Rainsville), who is currently serving his second term as House speaker, […]
Alabama to receive $5.5M from national opioid related settlement
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall says as part of a new $350 million national settlement, Alabama will receive nearly $5.5 million to help combat the opioid crisis plaguing the state. It was announced that it would happen. Marshall's office said the settlement means Publicis Health, a global marketing and communications firm that worked with several […]
A massive Muscle Shoals industrial facility is set to receive new life as aerospace hub
AE Industrial Partners, an aerospace, defense and industrial services private equity firm based in Boca Raton, Fla., and its affiliate Rockett Shoals, plans to reinvent the Colbert County location as an “aerospace industry.” , purchased the former National Steel Car site. Core research center. “ The 2.27 million square foot, 638-acre facility is well-suited for […]
First Vietnam War Veteran To Receive Medal Of Honor Dies At 89
A U.S. Army captain who was the first Vietnam War veteran to receive the military's highest honor died Thursday at the age of 89 in northeastern Kansas, The Washington Post reported. Capt. Roger Donlon, who died in Leavenworth, had Parkinson's disease related to exposure to the toxic military herbicide Agent Orange, Donlon's second wife, Norma […]
Kenneth Smith, execution survivor, set to receive nitrogen gas execution Thursday
On Thursday, for the first time in U.S. history, an Alabama inmate will be executed using nitrogen gas.Kenneth Smith survived the first execution attempt In November 2022. Smith was arrested in 1988 on his side The murder of a pastor's wife, Elizabeth Sennett, in Sheffield, Alabama. Charles Sennett hired Smith and two others for $1,000 […]
Coconino Sheriff Jim Driscoll to receive Arizona Game and Fish Commission Award of Excellence | Local News
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Havasu police department, jail facility to receive upgrades | Local News Stories
The 30-year-old Lake Havasu Police Station and Prison Facility is in need of renovation, and work on the first phase of the reconstruction project will begin soon. “It's pretty far-fetched to think that this building has been here for 30 years and we've definitely put it to good use. I think it's time to put […]
County to receive almost $300k to curb fentanyl trend | Local News Stories
The Mohave County Sheriff's Office will receive approximately $300,000 in additional state funding as law enforcement agencies across Arizona seek to address the continuing trend of fentanyl-related arrests and deaths. On Tuesday, the Mohave County Board of Supervisors approved a partnership between local law enforcement and the Arizona Department of Public Safety under a Fentanyl, […]
Havasu Senior Center could receive $63k under new ARPA project | Local News Stories
Three years after the coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc on the lives of senior citizens, the Mojave County Senior Center in Lake Havasu could benefit from a federal coronavirus grant next week. Mojave County Superintendent Buster Johnson last month proposed using $63,500 in funds under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to benefit senior center […]