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Health experts, law enforcement make plea for mental health funding

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – While Alabama lawmakers have increased funding for mental health initiatives in recent years, state health experts and lawmakers say their resources to address mental illness are still spread too thin. The state’s gaps in mental health care coverage were front and center recently during a meeting of the Mental Health Ad Hoc […]

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Health experts, law enforcement make plea for mental health funding

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – While Alabama lawmakers have increased funding for mental health initiatives in recent years, state health experts and lawmakers say their resources to address mental illness are still spread too thin. The state’s gaps in mental health care coverage were front and center recently during a meeting of the Mental Health Ad Hoc […]

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Government shutdown averted with little time to spare as Biden signs funding before midnight

WASHINGTON (AP) — The threat of a federal government shutdown suddenly lifted late Saturday as President Joe Biden signed a temporary funding bill to keep agencies open with little time to spare after Congress rushed to approve the bipartisan deal. The package drops aid to Ukraine, a White House priority opposed by a growing number of GOP lawmakers, […]

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Government shutdown averted with little time to spare as Biden signs funding before midnight

WASHINGTON (AP) — The threat of a federal government shutdown suddenly lifted late Saturday as President Joe Biden signed a temporary funding bill to keep agencies open with little time to spare after Congress rushed to approve the bipartisan deal. The package drops aid to Ukraine, a White House priority opposed by a growing number of GOP lawmakers, […]

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Gaetz says he will seek to oust McCarthy as speaker this week. ‘Bring it on,’ McCarthy says

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Matt Gaetz said Sunday he will try to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a fellow Republican, from his leadership position this week after McCarthy relied on Democratic support to pass legislation that avoided a government shutdown. “Bring it on,” McCarthy responded. Gaetz, a longtime McCarthy nemesis, said in broadcast interviews that McCarthy was in “brazen, […]

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Gaetz says he will seek to oust McCarthy as speaker this week. ‘Bring it on,’ McCarthy says

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Matt Gaetz said Sunday he will try to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a fellow Republican, from his leadership position this week after McCarthy relied on Democratic support to pass legislation that avoided a government shutdown. “Bring it on,” McCarthy responded. Gaetz, a longtime McCarthy nemesis, said in broadcast interviews that McCarthy was in “brazen, […]

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State agencies make first pitch for portion of $270+ million opioid settlement funds

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Four Alabama state agencies, along with one private company, gave presentations Thursday in a bid for a piece of more than $270 million in opioid settlement money that the state is set to receive in the coming years. The presentations, which included explanations as to how each state agency or company would […]

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State agencies make first pitch for portion of $270+ million opioid settlement funds

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Four Alabama state agencies, along with one private company, gave presentations Thursday in a bid for a piece of more than $270 million in opioid settlement money that the state is set to receive in the coming years. The presentations, which included explanations as to how each state agency or company would […]

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