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

It’s time conservatives learned to help themselves

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Alabamians are tough, self-sufficient people. The conservative people of this conservative State don’t like handouts or Welfare. They don’t like people who can’t learn from their mistakes, take responsibility for their actions and pay their own way. Which makes me wonder … why do I and progressives like me … Continued
March 28, 2017

Christian Coalition group targets Bentley, Strange, public corruption

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Gov. Robert Bentley and now US Sen. Luther Strange have new watchdog group on their heels. Redeem the Vote. The Christian Coalition-affiliated group, which boasts more than 300,000 members and a million-person contact list, released a statement Sunday saying it would now actively target corruption and corrupt politicians in … Continued
March 27, 2017

Recent school shooting proves Montgomery’s fragility

By Josh Moon  Alabama Political Reporter For the city of Ferguson, Mo., it wasn’t the shooting of Michael Brown that caused widespread rioting and looting and brought scrutiny from the Department of Justice; Brown’s death Ferguson, Mo., it wasn’t the shooting of Michael  – later ruled a justifiable shooting – was simply the spark that … Continued
March 27, 2017

Bentley backs Trumpcare, Jesus wept

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter America first!* (*excluding: the poor, the disabled, the elderly, minorities who don’t believe slaves were immigrants and non-Christians) This is the agenda of the Trump administration and today’s Republican Party. It is an agenda that has been lifted straight from Alabama conservatives, who long ago crafted laws and regulations … Continued
March 23, 2017

The bickering over State prisons continues

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter There will be yet another prison bill introduced when the Legislature returns on April 4, but even so, skepticism is growing over lawmakers’ chances of getting any legislation passed. The fact that there will be another prison bill – this one backed by more than a dozen sheriffs and … Continued
March 22, 2017

A Trump supporter just believes

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter The President of the United States is under investigation for espionage. Even Alabama’s politicians haven’t tried that yet. As for the rest of the Trump base here in the State that helped launch his rise to the White House, things are going about like you’d expect. Which is to … Continued
March 21, 2017

ADOC: Prisoners were transferred to save money, not to inflate the population

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter A spokesperson for the Alabama Department of Corrections acknowledged that it ended contracts with several county sheriffs to house prisoners but said the change was due to budget cuts and not an effort to artificially inflate the prison population. Several sheriffs earlier this week expressed frustration to lawmakers over … Continued
March 17, 2017

Sheriffs: DOC stole our inmates to make case for new prisons

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter In order to inflate the number of prisoners being housed in State-run prisons possibly to make a better case to build new prisons, Alabama Department of Corrections officials last year began moving dozens of prisoners being held in county facilities, several County Sheriffs said during a meeting Wednesday at the … Continued
March 16, 2017

No more private schools in the AHSAA?

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Private schools have an unfair advantage and public schools in the Alabama High School Athletic Association shouldn’t be forced to compete against them, according to a bill filed by Rep. Ritchie Whorton. Whorton argued in favor of his bill at a public hearing Wednesday, noting statistics that show private … Continued
March 16, 2017