Alabama

• Dept. of Workforce for AL reports a decrease in unemployment rate for Sept.
• Congressman Strong says 11 months of Trump and America is BACK!
• Audit by Dept. of Examiners confirms need for restructuring of water utility
• Amtrak numbers are positive for new Mardi Gras passenger rail service
• Alabama Forestry Commission lifts its Fire Danger Advisory for all counties

National

• President Trump calls for fast track review of child immunization schedule
• HHS changes name from Rachel to Richard on portrait of Admiral Levine
• Former Obama admin. official indicted money laundering to help cartel
• Elon Musk calls for dissolution of European Union after it fines X platform
• Tim Walz still on the hot seat for fraud in his state, SBA now investigating