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Moore sues Democratic PACs for their role in the 2017 election

Former chief justice and current Senate candidate Roy Moore filed suit against two Democratic PACs, their vendors, and the chairman of one of the PACs for defamation, defamation by implication, and intentional infliction of emotional distress, and collaborating to create an elaborate disinformation campaign against him in the 2017 special election for U.S. Senate. In … Continued
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November 18, 2019

Gov. Ivey awards grants for law enforcement training

Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded $225,000 in grant funding to provide training for law enforcement agencies across the state. A $125,000 grant will be used by Jacksonville State University’s Center for Applied Forensics to provide forensics training and evidence collection kits for police officers and sheriff’s deputies from small- to medium-sized departments. Auburn University at … Continued
November 18, 2019

Twenty Alabama prisoners killed this year

Thursday, Alabamians for Fair Justice released a statement critical of Alabama Department of Corrections Commissioner Jeff Dunn’s tenure in charge of the state’s prisons. “Under Commissioner Dunn’s leadership, Alabama’s prison system is in a constitutional crisis,” the activist group claimed. “There have been at least 20 verified deaths due to homicide, suicide or overdose in … Continued
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November 15, 2019

Parole hearings in Alabama will resume today after a two month suspension of hearings

Monday, State Pardons and Paroles director Judge Charlie Graddick said at a news conference that he speaks for the public by encouraging that actions taken regarding violent offenders be reviewed very carefully. “Foremost, inmates do not have an innate right to be paroled, they must earn such a privilege,” Graddick told reporters. “Parole consideration dates … Continued
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November 5, 2019

DNC chair: If elections aren’t held on Saturday, Alabama could have no delegates at national convention

Unless a Montgomery County Circuit Court allows a scheduled meeting of the Alabama Democratic Party to go forward on Saturday, it is unlikely that the state will be allowed to seat a single delegate at the Democratic National Convention next summer in Milwaukee.  Those were, essentially, the words of Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez, … Continued
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November 1, 2019

Court blocks the Alabama abortion ban

U.S. District Court Judge Myron Thompson , age 72, granted a preliminary injunction Tuesday blocking H.B. 314, the Human Life Protection Act. The state law would have banned abortion in nearly all instances in Alabama. The one exception is to protect the health of the mother. The move was expected by both the opponents of … Continued
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October 30, 2019