Olivia McMurrey
General Assignment ReporterOlivia McMurrey's multimedia storytelling has encompassed a wide range of topics as well as local, regional and national perspectives. She has special interest in labor, economic, education and environmental reporting, and her work has won national and regional awards. Olivia earned a bachelor's degree in journalism and a master's degree in creative writing from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She is a past president of Alabama Media Professionals and currently chairs the organization’s News Literacy Committee.
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor spoke to University of Alabama law students Thursday as part of a lecture series. -
Central Alabama Water’s laboratory stopped testing drinking-water samples for safety, and another lab is now performing those tests. -
The decision came Friday during a hearing on two cases challenging state laws that restructured the Birmingham Water Works Board, now operating as Central Alabama Water. -
The hearing, which is open to the public, will take place at Friday afternoon at the Robert S. Vance Courthouse in Birmingham. -
Attorneys said they expect a judge to respond this week to a request for a temporary restraining order that could undo recent actions at Central Alabama Water. -
Crowds gathered at Railroad Park in Birmingham Saturday as part of the nationwide “No Kings” protests in which participants rallied against Trump administration policies. -
During a contentious meeting Friday with protestors outside, the Central Alabama Water's board approved a revised 2026 budget that cuts spending 25%. -
While lack of transportation is a major employment barrier in Alabama, few people take public transit to work. That dynamic is even more pronounced in rural areas. -
A sign welcoming drivers to Tallassee, Alabama, calls the town a “Treasure on the Tallapoosa.” Members of a coalition of community, advocacy and labor organizations that held a press conference there recently would say they’re trying to keep it that way. -
More than 50 people on supervised release from Alabama’s prison system sat in folding chairs inside the Montgomery Day Reporting Center earlier this year. Speakers briefly addressed them, telling what to expect from the resource and job fair they were about to visit.
