On April 14, 1968 – 57 years ago today – the Montgomery Advertiser reported that a wheelchair and hospital bed were delivered to the Alabama Governor’s Mansion for use by Gov. Lurleen Wallace, who had just been released from a seven-week stay at St. Margaret’s Hospital for treatment of cancer that had metastasized.
She would pass away in an upstairs bedroom at the Mansion a little more than three weeks later with her family gathered by her side.
Courtesy of The Art of Alabama Politics.
Alabama’s two U.S. senators are backing new bipartisan legislation aimed at increasing transparency in the prescription drug supply chain by requiring country-of-origin labeling on medications and their key ingredients. U.S. Sens. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) and Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) have joined colleagues in introducing the Consumer Labeling for Enhanced API Reporting and Legitimate Accountability for Base […]
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is asking for more Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to come down to the Yellowhammer State. Marshall is asking for the Trump administration’s help to enforce the law after an illegal immigrant was arrested in connection with the disappearance of a mother and two of her children. Democrats won’t […]
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