The COVID-19 pandemic arrived at the worst time for rural Alabamians. In the weeks leading up to our state’s first case of the unfamiliar and new virus, there were frequent warning signs that large numbers of hospitals in rural parts of the state were at risk of closing. Then, the epidemic brought those problems firmly […]

Imagine driving down the road on your way to buy a used car. Police stop you and find $1,500 cash in your car. The officers say the money came from a crime, and they take it. You, however, are never charged with a crime. If you want your money back, though, you have to go […]

Alabama and other agriculture-based states took off when roads were built to help farmers get their goods to market more quickly. Our country grew leaps and bounds when President Eisenhower had the foresight to invest in a national interstate system. Even thirty years ago, cities and counties had to focus on developing modern public water […]