Manufacturing Day: Nothing happens without manufacturing
"Here in Alabama, 13 percent of our employment is manufacturing and produces 17 percent of our state economic output."
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See recent postsChief Justice Tom Parker was right about open records law
"I, much to my surprise, agree with Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Tom Parker, perhaps the court’s most conservative jurist."
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See recent postsA California solution to an Alabama problem?
"In the early 2000s, California had a prison crisis that was analogous to what we're seeing in Alabama."
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See recent postsWe now have a very youthful federal judiciary in Alabama
"This host of federal jurists in Alabama will be one of Sen. Richard Shelby’s lasting legacies."
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See recent postsPrisons: Alabama can do better
"When an individual enters prison, they lose their freedom, not their humanity."
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See recent postsKatie Britt: Fighting for Alabama’s family farms
"I saw firsthand that farming acts as the economic engine for communities in every corner of our state."
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See recent postsCOVID: Doublespeak and gobbledygook
Imagine being so afraid of losing your public office that you allow the least informed to inform your policies.
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See recent postsAlabama has kicked the “prison problem” can for far too long
"We’re reaching down and picking up this can once and for all because it’s the right thing to do."
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See recent posts20 years after mine disaster, Brookwood miners are still fighting for safety
"We’re not backing down, because when tragedy strikes a workplace, it is the union that ensures there is never a return to 'business as usual.'"
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See recent postsLessons from Mayberry: Andy wouldn’t suffer the MAGAs
"The simple fact is that Trump supporters, and most 2021 Republicans, wouldn’t fit into the Mayberry they claim to love."