Bill Britt

Bill Britt is editor-in-chief at the Alabama Political Reporter and host of The Voice of Alabama Politics. You can email him at [email protected].

Labor Day was built on strikes and blood, not barbecues and sales

From coal miners to sanitation strikers, Labor Day’s meaning is written in sacrifice, and Alabama’s future rests on remembering it.

September 1, 2025

Candidate speaks after stalker guilty plea, says courage will guide campaign

McInnis called the guilty plea justice, urged women to report harassment and stressed law enforcement’s role in protecting families.

August 27, 2025

Drummond leads Mobile mayoral race as Cheriogotis runoff bid draws new scrutiny

Barbara Drummond advances to Mobile runoff as questions surface over Spiro Cheriogotis’s campaign ad and his father’s 1987 conviction.

August 27, 2025

Congress abdicates, executive swells: Democracy teeters on the edge of collapse

The Framers warned against unchecked power. Today Congress cowers, Alabama suffers and liberty erodes as executive authority grows unchecked.

August 26, 2025

Protect kids? Lawmakers ban hemp while teens get beer and weed with ease

ABC’s overreach on hemp mirrors failed Prohibition, punishing businesses, ignoring freedom, and enforcing stricter rules than alcohol ever faced.

August 25, 2025

Senate hearing in Alabama explores new therapies to combat PTSD, veteran suicide crisis

A Montevallo field hearing will bring VA leaders, researchers and veterans together to examine emerging treatments offering hope for mental health.

August 22, 2025

Death threats, slurs target Tanveer Patel in Hoover City Council race

Police are investigating after a Muslim candidate received violent threats and racial hate ahead of the August 26 Hoover municipal election.

August 19, 2025

Second subpoenas issued as Ponzi scheme scandal threatens to reach deep into Alabama GOP

Georgia and Alabama officials face scrutiny as Frost’s $140M faith-based fraud ensnares Republican leaders and political networks

August 19, 2025

If Putin’s logic holds, Mexico could justify invading Texas tomorrow

Trump’s appeasement of Putin echoes Chamberlain’s Munich surrender, legitimizing conquest and making grievance a weapon that threatens global stability.

August 18, 2025

Fifth Circuit ruling echoes hard truths Alabama still refuses to face

The Fifth Circuit ruled against racial gerrymandering, but the long war on Black voting power in the South is far from over.

August 15, 2025