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Bridges battle continues: Fate of ALDOT’s constitutional authority hangs in the balance

The lawsuit surrounds the state's effort to build a free-access bridge to connect Alabama's beach cities.

Bill Britt

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June 5, 2023

Opinion

Stellar group studying gambling in the state

Another legislation session has passed, and Alabama still has no lottery. Actually, the Legislature does not in itself have the authority to pass a state lottery, they can only authorize a ballot initiative to let you vote on a lottery. It takes a constitutional amendment. The lottery would pass in a vote in Alabama simply … Continued

Steve Flowers

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June 3, 2020

Opinion

The failures of the Alabama Charter School Commission

The Alabama Charter School Commission is a mess. And that might be an insult to messes. Friday morning, the 10-member Commission, which has, apparently, full authority to approve or deny charter schools that suck millions of dollars from our already underfunded Alabama public schools, will meet with just four members in good standing. The chairman … Continued

Josh Moon

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June 7, 2019

Opinion

Baldwin County school board sues state Superintendent Eric Mackey

Three weeks ago, we told you about the mess in Baldwin County regarding the effort of Gulf Shores to start its own city school system. The county school board was not happy at all with the way in which state superintendent, Eric Mackey, seemed to be tipping the scales in favor of Gulf Shores. They felt he … Continued

Larry Lee

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February 18, 2019

Opinion

Mayor Woodfin: Tear down that statue

Dear Mayor Woodfin, Tear it down. Get a few blow torches and axes, maybe a jackhammer or two, and tear down that Confederate monument in Linn Park. If you’d like, to appease the phony historians out there, save a portion to be put in a museum in town. But tear it down. A Jefferson County … Continued

Josh Moon

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January 16, 2019

Panel working to attract spaceport to Alabama will hold first meeting Tuesday

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter A panel of officials and university representatives will gather in Huntsville Tuesday for the first meeting of the Alabama Space Authority, a group created by the Legislature earlier this year to attract a federally licensed spaceport to Alabama along with other space-related industry. The group will meet at the … Continued

Chip Brownlee

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December 19, 2017

New filing claims Bentley used State resources to destroy a political enemy

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter It should come as no surprise that former top law enforcement officer Spencer Collier is filling in the blanks on fictitious defendants in his defamation and wrongful termination suit against Gov. Robert Bentley, Rebekah Caldwell Mason the Governor’s alleged lover, Mason’s husband Jon and a host of others. What … Continued

Bill Britt

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December 22, 2016

Attorney General’s Opinion Decides Round One in Technology Turf War

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—An Attorney General’s Opinion issued July 29, confirms the State Personnel Board (SPB) and the State Personnel Department (SPD) have the specific authority to “promulgate the manner by which State agencies are to maintain time and leave records.” The legal definition of promulgating means, “to formally proclaim or declare … Continued

Bill Britt

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August 3, 2016

Did Bentley Access Critic’s Medical Records?

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Former members of Gov. Robert Bentley’s administration say the Governor is obsessed with his authority as Chief Magistrate. Bentley has been accused of ordering law enforcement agents to target critics, especially those who have exposed his relationship with former senior adviser Rebekah Caldwell Mason. And now, it is believed, … Continued

Bill Britt

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May 9, 2016