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Josh Moon is an investigative reporter and columnist. You can reach him at [email protected].

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Gov. Ivey’s office says she’s “healthy,” doesn’t dispute APR report

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter While Gov. Kay Ivey’s office declined to confirm on Thursday that she had been admitted to a Colorado hospital for “stroke-like” issues in April 2015, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency all but did. On Wednesday, APR reported that numerous sources said Ivey spent four days in a Colorado hospital … Continued
May 19, 2017

It’s never racism in the Alabama Legislature

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter It’s never racism. So, just stop it with that. You’re ruining racism for the people who really experience it – the kind where someone burns a cross in your yard, makes you drink from a different water fountain, won’t let you sit in the front of the bus, makes your … Continued
May 18, 2017

Auditor: Office of Information Technology went on spending spree

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Over the course of 22 months, Alabama Medicaid doled out more than $3 million to purchase office and computer equipment that Alabama Auditor Jim Zeigler said was mostly meant to facilitate the agency’s participation in the automated CARES program, records supplied by Zeigler’s office show. Zeigler said that after … Continued
May 17, 2017

Autism Bill show worthy of the WWE

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter My mother was wrong. For years, she told me that professional wrestling was a waste of time – a brain cell-melter. It was silly, she said, as she recommended that I use my time more wisely. I should be reading or studying or doing something to prepare me for … Continued
May 17, 2017

Key player in Alabama prison plan accused of kickbacks by Mississippi AG

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter A key amendment in the $845 million prison construction bill could leave state officials negotiating with a company being sued by Mississippi for allegedly offering kickbacks and bribes during that state’s prison transformation project. The amendment in question, which was added during debate on the Senate floor by Sen. … Continued
May 16, 2017

Alabama voters need to prove they want change

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Prove it. That should be the State motto for the US Senate Special Election and the upcoming midterm election in 2018. For the voters. Not the candidates. It’s time to prove that you mean what you say. Or for you all to just shut up and accept that you’re … Continued
May 16, 2017

Jenny Cataldo is in jail, her friends are in disbelief after fake cancer scam exposed

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Jenny Flynn Cataldo fooled a lot of people with her cancer scam. Since I wrote about Cataldo and her long-running scam last week, exposing it for the first time, dozens of her (former) friends and co-workers have sent me messages to discuss their interactions with her. They are, understandably, … Continued
May 12, 2017

The problem they can never see

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Ritchie Whorton has a problem with me. On Thursday afternoon, the Representative from Owens Cross Roads slid into the State House elevator just before the doors closed and opened with: “What do you have against public schools?” I had no idea what Whorton was talking about, so I responded … Continued
May 12, 2017

Lack of Autism Therapy coverage another reason for companies not to pick Alabama

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter As I stood along the wall in room 727, listening to the Senate’s finance committee kick around the idea of mandating insurance for Autism Therapy, it struck me that the proponents of this bill were going about it all wrong. For hours upon hours, parents and grandparents, friends, neighbors … Continued
May 11, 2017

Unlike bingo, Fanduel requires skill

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter You can’t win at Fanduel. That’s not a generic “you.” I mean, you – the person reading this. The person who has never played a daily fantasy sports game. If you and I competed against each other in a game, I would beat you 100 times out of 100. … Continued
May 11, 2017