food deserts

With gridlock persisting in Washington, a government shutdown is looking more and more likely ahead of Saturday night's deadline. If federal funding stops, some children in Alabama could be left hungry.

Alabama families are paying slightly less at the grocery store after a 1% reduction in the state sales tax on food took effect this month. State lawmakers in June approved legislation to gradually remove half of the 4% state sales tax on food, capping decades of fruitless attempts at such a tax cut.

Alabama House members have advanced legislation to remove half of the state's 4% sale tax on food. The proposal moving through the state House has garnered wide bipartisan support among lawmakers this year.

In the face of soaring grocery prices, some Alabama lawmakers are pushing to remove the state sales tax on groceries. Alabama is one of only three states that tax groceries at the same rate as other purchases.

A newly-created panel is trying to find ways to make it easier for nearly 2 million Alabamians to eat healthier food.The Alabama Healthy Food Financing…

District 80 of the Alabama House has a new representative.Chris Blackshear won the special election after earning more than 1,650 votes in a special…

Tomorrow is the last day for residents in a small Perry County town to be tested for tuberculosis and get paid for it. APR’s MacKenzie Bates has the…

The Alabama Joint Transportation Committee will be in Dothan to discuss the state’s infrastructure as well as ways to fund repairs and constructions. One…

The Alabama Department of Public Health will be holding a town hall meeting tonight to discuss an outbreak of Tuberculosis. Twenty-six people have been…

The Alabama Department of Public Health will be holding a town hall meeting tonight to discuss an outbreak of tuberculosis.26 people have been diagnosed…