Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey remains skeptical about Medicaid expansion

The advocacy group Cover Alabama, along with more than 80 businesses and organizations signed on to a letter urging Gov. Kay Ivey to expand the state’s Medicaid program, citing the need to cover the nearly 300,000 uninsured Alabamians who fall into the coverage gap. Ivey, however, remains skeptical of the proposal, with her office telling […]

Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center is “Raising the Roof”

Ruth Zschomler/2009Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital is opening their sixth floor. Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center is celebrating the opening of their sixth floor with a ribbon cutting and open house. This expansion will increase the number of beds available from 151 to 200. Besides more beds, the opening of this floor means expanded services. These […]

Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport terminal project on time; parking deck repairs considered

-776e0239175da230.jpg The Birmingham Airport Authority has paid out about 83 percent of the $201.6 million projected cost for terminal renovation at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. (Contributed photo / Birmingham Airport Authority/Brasfield & Gorrie) BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — Construction on the third of Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport’s three renovated concourses continues toward late spring completion, according to the project’s […]