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State Senate’s Transportation Committee approves bill to increase oversight of ALDOT

The Alabama Senate Transportation and Energy Committee on Thursday approved a bill by Sen. Clyde Chambliss, R-Prattville, that places new oversight of the Alabama Department of Transportation. The State Legislature is heading into day three Friday of a special session that Gov. Kay Ivey called to address her Rebuild Alabama plan for increased infrastructure funding. … Continued
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March 8, 2019
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Gov. Ivey has earned our support

Gov. Kay Ivey has earned an A+ on her Rebuild Alabama’s Infrastructure Plan. She has outstandingly accomplished her homework and her research. I want to respectfully ask all Alabamians to support the plan. I voted for Ivey so that she would have the opportunity to tackle the state’s toughest issues. Shortly after Ivey made history, … Continued
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March 4, 2019
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Ducking and dodging death penalty accountability in Alabama

Continuing its odious tradition of ducking and dodging transparency and accountability in how the state puts its prisoners to death – (purportedly) in the name of the people – the beleaguered Alabama Office of the Attorney General has asserted in a new convoluted, churlish, and utterly cockamamie federal court filing: “[W]hile this Court found that there … Continued
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June 8, 2018

Palmer and Senator Mike Lee Introduce Agency Accountability Act

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Friday, February 3, 2017, US Representative Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) and conservative US Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) introduced the Agency Accountability Act (AAA), requiring that all fines, fees, penalties, and other unappropriated funds collected by federal agencies to be transferred to the Treasury, and subject to the appropriations process. Congressman … Continued
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February 7, 2017
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Something fishy about “failing schools” list

By Larry Lee The State Department of Education just released the latest “failing schools” list, an annual ranking is required by the infamous Alabama Accountability Act. The Legislature decreed that the bottom six percent of all public schools are “failing” and should be identified annually. So lists were distributed in June 2013 and January 2014, … Continued
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January 17, 2017
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Court Justices or Court Jesters?: The Mishandling of the Moore Case

By Hannah Ford You know it’s bad when one of Chief Justice Roy Moore’s harshest critics (apologetically) writes in his defense. You know it’s bad when Justices refuse to unseal a critical case. You know it’s bad when the unethical behavior of acting Chief Justice Lyn Stuart and her accomplices have Alabamians worried that they … Continued
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October 28, 2016

Massive Prison Spending Bill “All Devil-No Details”

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—The State is poised to give Gov. Robert Bentley an $800 million dollar credit card to build 4 super-max style prisons, with no written plan, no impact study, and no accountability. The only thing certain about the project is that State taxpayers will be on the hook for $1.5 … Continued
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May 2, 2016