Alabama

• Governor Ivey orders flags at half staff to honor fallen firefighter Sydney Watson
• Congressman Strong to offer bill to bring patriotism back into schools
• State lawmaker Yarbrough to re-offer bill removing payroll deduction of teachers' union dues
• AG Marshall supports plan to utilize the USPS in circumventing mail in ballot fraud
• Frozen blueberries sold at Publix recalled due to legit E.Coli contamination
• Annual state sales tax exemption for back to school purchases happening later this month.

National

• Trump Administration secures agreement from Walmart to lower prices on ground beef
• SCOTUS declines an appeal out of TX challenging the app accountability law
• Graham Platner is accused of rape by former girlfriend, Dem leaders in Senate now calling for him to resign
• KY Senator Mitch McConnell remains hospitalized and/or brain dead while wife trots off to China to check in with big wig communist leaders....weird!