The climate of our world has changed over the past month as COVID-19 has led Alabama Governor Kay Ivey to issue a Stay-At-Home order throughout the state in order to stop the spread of the virus.

This has also led local first responders to begin dealing with situations that were not issues before the pandemic began. Stay-At-Home implies that citizens are to stay in their homes as much as possible. However there are exceptions that allow essential workers to continue to travel to work and families to make trips to the grocery store when needed. One problem arises when asked the question: is a business essential? Read more…