Hubbard’s attorney asks judge to consider apology and early release
Former Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard is serving a 28-month sentence for 11 felony convictions.
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"The pure, unfiltered idiocy that has accompanied this pandemic in America is an embarrassment."
Rep. John Rogers considers run for U.S. Senate
Four Republicans are already challenging Doug Jones for his Senate seat. Now he may be facing a Democratic challenger as well. On Tuesday, embattled state Rep. John Rogers, D-Birmingham, said that he is considering running for Senate. Rogers said in the Senate floor that he is seeking $1 million in pledges supporting his campaign and … Continued
Jones calls on Rogers to apologize. Rogers says Trump Jr.’s mother should have aborted him
Thursday, U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-Alabama) said that he was appalled by recent comments made by state Representative John Rogers, D-Birmingham, during debate on the Alabama Statehouse floor on Tuesday. Rogers defended abortion saying that aborted babies would have to be killed later if they had lived. “I thought it was outrageous,” Jones said. I … Continued
Sparkman calls for Rogers to resign
State Representative John Rogers’ inflammatory comments defending abortion have shocked and horrified not just Pro-Life conservatives; but even people who are strongly pro-choice. U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-Alabama) has been friends with Rogers for decades and has represented Rogers in legal matters prior to his election to the Senate. Jones has called Rogers comments reprehensible and … Continued
Care2 starts petition for AG Marshall to open an investigation into Bradford’s death
The state is still being rocked by the Thanksgiving night killing of 21-year-old Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr. in the Riverchase Galleria by a Hoover police officer. A new Care2 petition is calling on Alabama’s Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) to open an investigation into the shooting of Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr. The Care2 petition has already … Continued
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See recent postsDear America: An apology for Roy Moore, and all the rest
By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Dear America, We’re sorry. I’m speaking for all of us here in Alabama, even if some of these people will never apologize and never believe that they’ve done anything wrong. The rest of us know better, though. We know what we’ve done to all of America over the past … Continued
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See recent postsAn apology for it all
By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter I’m sorry. That’s what I’m supposed to say here, it seems. A bunch of other media outlets and columnists have apologized after last Tuesday’s election results, after they were so wrong and after they so misjudged the country and its anger. I guess I should offer an apology too. … Continued
Many Stumbling Blocks To Prison Reform
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Governor Robert Bentley wants to float $800 million in bonds to build new prisons. Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) Commissioner, Jeff Dunn wants that, too. Some State Senators believe Bentley and Dunn are using the recent prison violence as a way to gin up support for their plan. They … Continued
Armistead Calls on Figures for Apology—Opinion
By Beth Clayton Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY–Alabama GOP Chairman Bill Armistead is calling on Democrats to apologize yet again. Last week, at a meeting of the Over the Mountain Democratic Club in Birmingham, Senate Minority Leader Vivian Figures said that race played an integral part in the Republican rise to power in Alabama. Figures said … Continued