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Report: Alabama is the eighth most violent state

According to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) annual crime report, the number of violent crimes in Alabama has been increasing. Alabama reported 532.3 violent crimes per 100,000 residents in 2016, placing Alabama as the 8th highest state in the nation for violent crimes. The state ranks 14th in property crimes. Alabama’s property crime index … Continued
September 4, 2018

Motion seeks donors info from Bentley’s “girlfriend fund”

A motion to compel disgraced former Gov. Robert Bentley to provide donors and contributions to the political nonprofit that paid his girlfriend was filed in Montgomery Circuit Court on Monday in the wrongful termination suit brought by former Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Secretary Spencer Collier. Collier is seeking information on donations to ACEGOV a 501(c)(4) … Continued
August 14, 2018

Testimony confirms Sen. Phil Williams lied about criminal investigation

In sworn testimony given by disgraced former Gov. Robert Bentley, he affirms that State Sen. Phil Williams, R-Rainbow City, was under investigation for possible ethics violations related to consulting contracts he attained after becoming a state senator, as first reported by Alabama Political Reporter in 2016. After APR exposed Williams’ potential legal woes, he undertook a … Continued
July 30, 2018

Civil trial will spotlight Bentley’s shame

To date, the state has spent at least an estimated $300,000.00 defending former Gov. Robert Bentley, and the meter is still running on the legal tab in the wrongful termination civil suit filed by former Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Secretary Spencer Collier. There are currently three lawsuits in which Gov. Kay Ivey’s administration is defending … Continued
July 25, 2018

Hubbard lawyer says Gov. Ivey has a job for him

An attorney for former Speaker and convicted felon Mike Hubbard is pushing for Gov. Kay Ivey to appoint him St. Clair County District Attorney, and he is telling people that Hubbard’s good friend and Ivey donor, businessman Jimmy Rane, is going to make it happen. Lance Bell is a small-town lawyer based in Pell City … Continued
July 19, 2018

Deposition: Bentley was pressured by lawmakers, attorneys, major donors to upend Hubbard trial

Former Gov. Robert Bentley said during a recent deposition that he was pressured by lawmakers, attorneys and major donors on numerous occasions during the Mike Hubbard trial to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the Alabama Attorney General’s Office — a move that likely would have torpedoed the case against the former House speaker. Under … Continued
July 16, 2018

Yet another lawsuit has been filed against former Gov. Robert Bentley

Robert Bentley is being sued. Again. Alabama’s former governor, who is currently in the midst of a defamation lawsuit for allegedly spreading false information in an effort to conceal his ongoing inappropriate relationship with a staffer, is being sued now by James Nolin, the former chief information officer in Alabama’s Department of Finance, who claims … Continued
May 9, 2018

Ivey’s school safety council makes 10 recommendations, avoids gun regulations

A group started by Gov. Kay Ivey to make recommendations to enhance school security across the state released a report this week that highlights 10 ways to improve school safety through physical security, better threat assessment and coordination with law enforcement. The group avoided any recommendations for changes to the state’s gun regulations, despite calls … Continued
May 8, 2018

Attorneys for Bentley, Stabler still want Spencer Collier to testify about AG conversations

Attorneys for former Gov. Robert Bentley and former Alabama Law Enforcement Agency secretary Stan Stabler renewed their push on Monday to learn intricate details of the state’s investigation of Bentley. In a motion filed in former ALEA secretary Spencer Collier’s defamation and wrongful termination lawsuit, Bentley and Stabler’s attorneys ask Montgomery Circuit Court Judge Greg … Continued
May 1, 2018

A grand jury closed Bentley’s case, but Supreme Court is letting lawsuit against him move forward

Former Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley might have been freed from further prosecution by a special grand jury that closed his case Wednesday, but on the same day, the Alabama Supreme Court refused to intervene in a lawsuit filed against him by former ALEA Secretary Spencer Collier. The Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously denied a writ … Continued
April 5, 2018