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

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Medicaid spends $500,000 on furniture for CARES

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter The waste in Alabama Medicaid’s CARES program continues to grow. Sources within the Medicaid agency have told APR that new CARES director Marty Redden has been trying to sell off thousands of dollars of office furniture bought during a 2015 spending spree authorized by the Office of Information Technologies … Continued
May 10, 2017

Lawmakers hold “hearing” for an alternative prison plan

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter A group of House members pitching an alternative prison plan held a public hearing of its own on Tuesday, starting just minutes after the House Judiciary Committee finished its hearing on Sen. Cam Ward’s $845 million plan. That group, headed by Rep. Johnny Mack Morrow and bringing together an … Continued
May 10, 2017

Cowardly politics and the almost certain death of the Autism Therapy Bill

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter The Autism therapy bill is politics at its worst. Actually, scratch that. It’s politics in its most cowardly form. Because right now, the bill that would require insurance companies in Alabama to offer coverage of Autism therapy is all but dead. Not because the public doesn’t want it – … Continued
May 9, 2017

Fake Cancer scam continues to grow

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Jenny Cataldo’s phony Cancer scam didn’t stop with her parents and GoFundMe donations. Since the publication of my story this morning in APR detailing Cataldo’s long-running cancer scam, emails and messages have flooded in from friends and neighbors of Cataldo who donated to her – both through GoFundMe accounts … Continued
May 5, 2017

A really big lie

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter The email in my inbox had a subject line that read: “Political Corruption.” In Alabama, given recent history, that’s an email you open immediately, even if you don’t recognize the sender’s name. In a well-written, concise email, the sender, Robert Flynn, a retired Vietnam veteran living in Birmingham with … Continued
May 5, 2017

Another sick deal for the Alabama political elite

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter The most sickening moments in former House Speaker Mike Hubbard’s public corruption trial came when emails between Hubbard and former Gov. Bob Riley were shown on screens and read aloud. Those emails were mostly Hubbard whining about being unable to live on a measly $300,000-plus per year. But they … Continued
May 4, 2017

Bill to abolish constable office spurs debate

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter The lack of a quorum in the Local Legislation committee prevented a vote on a bill that would abolish the Tallapoosa County constable office, but it didn’t stop the discussion. Introduced by Rep. Pebblin Warren, the bill would do exactly what it says – do away with the constable’s … Continued
May 4, 2017

The worst thing Robert Bentley did

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter A few weeks ago, the Alabama House Judiciary Committee dropped a report detailing a bunch of awful things former Gov. Robert Bentley did. There were tales of affairs, of intimidation, of misusing power, of misusing State resources, of acting above the law and of flaunting his overreach of power. … Continued
May 3, 2017

Something stinks in JeffCo DA indictment

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Something stinks in Birmingham, and for once the smell isn’t coming from the Water Works Board. This time, it’s coming from the Jefferson County District Attorney’s office. Which is quite the trick since there’s no DA working in there. Charles Todd Henderson, the county’s first Democratic DA in decades, … Continued
May 2, 2017