Citizens

Economy / Health

Alabama is simply unprepared for the coronavirus crisis

At a House Health Committee meeting on Wednesday, state health officer Dr. Scott Harris said he did not doubt that novel coronavirus would be found here in Alabama if there was more testing. The deadly COVID-19 virus is here, and people are sick and most likely, some will die. Around the state, people are being … Continued

Bill Britt

March 12, 2020

Brooks attends depositions in lawsuit over congressional reapportionment

Last Thursday, Congressman Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, announced that he was attending depositions of Census employees in the lawsuit that he and the State of Alabama have filed challenging congressional reapportionment based on the number of people who live in the U.S. Brooks and Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) contend that it should be based … Continued

Brandon Moseley

January 20, 2020

Opinion

The irony of Amendment One

Alabama voters will go to the polls next March 3 to decide the fate of amendment one. At the heart of this amendment is an attempt to deny all citizens the right to vote to elect their state school board members. The irony of this vote is that 55 years and four days earlier, black … Continued

Larry Lee

December 25, 2019

Opinion

To end violence, return to American values

The recent violence in our country – and the passionate debates it has sparked – have led me to reflect on the emotional state of our country and the battle being waged between good and evil. I thought back to comments I gave earlier this year at a naturalization ceremony. These new citizens were gifted … Continued

Bradley Byrne

August 19, 2019

Opinion

A forgotten 40 percent

In an age of hyper-partisan politics, a wide swath of the population feels disenfranchised. Because of straight-ticket voting in Alabama, some 40 percent of its citizens feel the government does not represent their interests or even acknowledge they have an opinion on how the state is run. There was a time when candidates for public … Continued

Bill Britt

July 30, 2019

Merrill supports Trump’s request for U.S. citizenship question on Census

Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill announced Friday that he supports President Donald Trump’s request that the 2020 Census include a question about whether the respondent is or is not a U.S. citizen. Merrill has submitted a letter outlining his support for the executive order or other legal remedies requested by Trump to require the … Continued

Brandon Moseley

July 8, 2019

Opinion

American values leave no room for socialism

Last week, I was honored to address a group of newly naturalized citizens of the United States. It was an experience that gave me the opportunity to reflect on a question as old as our nation itself: “What does it mean to be an American?” In the United States, we don’t define citizenship as being … Continued

Bradley Byrne

May 7, 2019

Opinion

Every citizen in Alabama deserves high-speed broadband

Alabama’s economy is booming with record low unemployment, wages on the rise and new industries continuing to choose our state to expand their businesses. However, we are lagging in providing critical broadband infrastructure to all our citizens. For too long, the expansion of fast, reliable internet service has been concentrated in larger cities while rural … Continued

Del Marsh

May 6, 2019

Opinion

Other states use lotteries to give kids a brighter future. Alabama wants to use lottery to build prisons

We have a vision problem in Alabama. We’ve always had a vision problem in this state. We are perpetually satisfied with how things are, with keeping things how they are, with resisting any change whatsoever. “Nah, we’re good,” should be our state motto. Even when making a change would benefit us, we resist. Even when … Continued

Josh Moon

May 1, 2019

Opinion

Prison issues — front and center

Folks, taking care of prisoners is not a popular political issue. However, every so often Alabama politicians pragmatically have to acquiesce to the mandates of federal judges and grant our transgressing citizens their rights as determined by the courts. Federal Courts have determined that our felons deserve the rights to adequate imprisonment. You just cannot … Continued

Steve Flowers

May 1, 2019