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Governor Kay Ivey announces continued social distancing during her coronavirus update Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at the state capitol building in Montgomery, Ala. In the background is State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris. (Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)

Alabama reopening restaurants, bars with limits on Monday

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Governor Kay Ivey announces continued social distancing during her coronavirus update Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at the state capitol building in Montgomery, Ala. In the background is State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris. (Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)

Ivey criticizes lawmakers for taking control of relief cash

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Governor Kay Ivey speaks at a coronavirus update briefing in the state capitol building in Montgomery, Ala., on Tuesday April 14, 2020. (Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)

Ivey allows beaches, retail stores to open with limits

By KIM CHANDLER - Associated Press

Reopen Alabama protestors drive by on Dexter Ave. in downtown Montgomery, Ala., on Tuesday, April 21, 2020. Gov. Kay Ivey said she intends to keep a stay home order to fight the spread of coronavirus in place through April 30, striking a measured approach as some Southern states push to quickly reopen. /The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)

Ivey expected to announce future of COVID-19 stay-home order

By KIM CHANDLER - Associated Press

Governor Kay Ivey speaks at a coronavirus update briefing in the state capitol building in Montgomery, Ala., on Tuesday April 14, 2020. (Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)

Spokeswoman: Ivey working to firm up a timetable to reopen

By KIM CHANDLER - Associated Press

Kimmy Tillery, a hair dresser from Tuscaloosa, Ala., holds a sign during a protest to reopen Alabama's economy outside the Capitol in Montgomery, Ala., on Tuesday, April 21, 2020. Out of work because of the coronavirus pandemic, Tillery was among more than 200 people to attend the demonstration seeking an end to closure orders. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler)

Alabama stay-home order to remain; protest held at Capitol

By KIM CHANDLER - Associated Press

Governor Kay Ivey speaks at a coronavirus update briefing in the state capitol building in Montgomery, Ala., on Tuesday April 14, 2020. (Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)

Gov: Alabama must not let guard down on virus precautions

By KIM CHANDLER - Associated Press

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announces that she is putting the state under a shelter-in-place order during a briefing at the state capitol building in Montgomery, Ala., Friday, April 3, 2020. (Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)

Alabama infections pass 1,500 as stay-home order takes hold

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A woman delivers medical supplies at a screening clinic at Hartselle Family Practice, organized by Decatur Morgan Hospital, on Tuesday, March 24, 2020, in Hartselle, Ala. Those who meet the criteria for COVID-19 testing are sent to another site. (Dan Busey/The Decatur Daily via AP)

Alabama issues statewide stay-home order starting Saturday

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Medical personnel screen a patient at Hartselle Family Practice, organized by Decatur Morgan Hospital, on Tuesday, March 24, 2020, in Hartselle, Ala. Those who meet the criteria for COVID-19 testing are sent to another site. (Dan Busey/The Decatur Daily via AP)

Ivey orders closure of certain non-essential businesses

By KIM CHANDLER - Associated Press

Medical personnel screen a patient at Hartselle Family Practice, organized by Decatur Morgan Hospital, on Tuesday, March 24, 2020, in Hartselle, Ala. Those who meet the criteria for COVID-19 testing are sent to another site. (Dan Busey/The Decatur Daily via AP)

Alabama schools to finish year through distance learning

By KIM CHANDLER - Associated Press

Family members of condemned Alabama inmate Nathaniel Woods speak to reporters outside Holman Correctional Facility ahead of his scheduled execution on Thursday, March 5, 2020 in Atmore, Alabama. His sister, Pamela Woods, holds a page from the trial transcript that she shows that her brother was surrendering when three police officers were shot by another man in 2004. Woods was convicted of capital murder as an accomplice in the shootings. A jury recommended the death penalty by a 10-2 vote. (AP Photo/Kimberly Chandler)

Sister of executed man to governor: ‘You killed my brother’

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Lawmakers say they have questions on plan to lease prisons

By KIM CHANDLER - Associated Press

Gov. Kay Ivey, center, is introduced and invited into the chamber to give the State of the State Address to a joint session of the Alabama Legislature on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, in the old house chamber of the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt)

Gov. Ivey recovering after surgery for broken shoulder

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Gov. Kay Ivey, center, is introduced and invited into the chamber to give the State of the State Address to a joint session of the Alabama Legislature on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, in the old house chamber of the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt)

Ivey seeks pause on gambling debate, says facts needed

By KIM CHANDLER - Associated Press

Gov. Kay Ivey gives the State of the State Address to a joint session of the Alabama Legislature on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, in the old house chamber of the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt)

Ivey calls for prison overhaul, lottery study group

By KIM CHANDLER - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 4, 2019, file photo, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey speaks at a news conference in Beauregard, Ala. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey's office said Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020 that scans show no recurrence of a lung cancer after she underwent three months of radiation treatment late last year for early stage lung cancer. The 75-year-old Republican governor announced in September that doctors had found a small malignancy in her lung, prompting her to undergo the treatments.(AP Photo/Vasha Hunt, File)

Kay Ivey fractures shoulder tripping over dog Missy

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Alabama gov breaks shoulder after being tripped by her dog

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Alabama prison study group to make recommendations

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FILE - In this March 4, 2019, file photo, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey speaks at a news conference in Beauregard, Ala. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey's office said Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020 that scans show no recurrence of a lung cancer after she underwent three months of radiation treatment late last year for early stage lung cancer. The 75-year-old Republican governor announced in September that doctors had found a small malignancy in her lung, prompting her to undergo the treatments.(AP Photo/Vasha Hunt, File)

Doctor: Scans show Alabama governor cancer-free

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