Orange Beach City Schools Announces Reduced-Price Meal Changes for 2026-2027
Orange Beach City Schools will cut reduced-price breakfast to 30 cents and lunch to 40 cents for eligible students in the 2026-2027 school year.
Baldwin County Families Say Alabama Medicaid Altered Forms to Deny Disabled Children’s Benefits
Fairhope families say Alabama's Medicaid program altered eligibility paperwork and applied stricter unwritten standards to cut disabled children from a waiver that lets them be cared for at home.
Disability Advocates Seek City Funding to Revive Adult Day Program in Mobile
Advocates for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities are asking the City of Mobile for last-minute funding to restart a group adult day program that was phased out during the…
Alabama moving toward Medicaid work requirement and higher copays
Alabama appears likely to join a growing list of states considering a work requirement for some adult Medicaid recipients, according to state Medicaid officials and Gov. Kay Ivey. The shift…
AltaPointe CEO Urges Congress to Overhaul Mental Health System After String of Mass Shootings
The head of AltaPointe Health Systems, which serves Mobile, Baldwin and Washington counties, is calling on Congress to pass mental health reform legislation, arguing chronic underfunding and stigma -- not…
Mobile County Health Department Urges Flu Precautions as Cases Climb
Mobile County health officials reported hundreds of confirmed flu cases this winter and urged residents to take basic precautions to slow the spread.
Insurance Costs, Medicaid Divide Hightower and Doolittle in Senate District 35
South Mobile County's Senate District 35 race pits Republican Bill Hightower against Democrat Beau Doolittle over insurance, Medicaid and taxes.
Fairhope Forum Brings Medicaid Debate to Baldwin County Voters
A League of Women Voters forum in Fairhope drew Baldwin County doctors, lawmakers and residents into the statewide Medicaid debate.
Pittman Bill Aims to Shield Teacher Insurance Plan From Costly Drug Litigation
The Alabama Senate passed a bill by Sen. Trip Pittman of Montrose clarifying the law so the state teacher insurance plan could negotiate prescription drug rates, a move backers said…
USA Health System Could Be Mobile’s Big Winner as Health Care Law Takes Hold
The University of South Alabama has long carried most of the region's indigent care at a loss. With coverage expanding under the new federal law, that arithmetic may finally change.