Craig Pouncey

News

Mary Scott Hunter running for Lt. Governor

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, May 31, 2017 State Board of Education member Mary Scott Hunter (R) is running for Lieutenant Governor in the 2018 election. Hunter told the Alabama Media Group’s Mike Cason that, “I’m just at a place where I want to do something bigger. I want Alabama to be wildly … Continued

Brandon Moseley

June 1, 2017

Senate committee unable to determine leak of Pouncey ethics complaint

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY — A committee headed by Sen. Gerald Dial (R-Lineville) was unable to get to the bottom of who publicly distributed a letter last summer confirming a complaint against then-State Superintendent candidate Craig Pouncey. In a presentation to the State Senate on Thursday, Dial said his committee interviewed at least … Continued

Chip Brownlee

March 6, 2017

Opinion

A dumb political scheme

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Political schemes are dirty. The backroom dealings, backstabbing, lies, trickery, illegal acts and coverups represent the absolute worst in our government system. But successful schemes – the ones that deftly block an appointment or shut down a multi-million-dollar deal or backdoor some cash for politician’s brother-in-law, they take smarts. … Continued

Josh Moon

January 19, 2017

Opinion

APR’s Top 5 Under-reported stories of 2016

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Over the past year, APR has broken a number of prominent, statewide stories. While many of those have been picked up by other news outlets – some of them lifted nearly verbatim from APR’s website without attribution – a few stories have gone almost unnoticed and with little follow-up … Continued

Josh Moon

December 29, 2016

Opinion

The irony of righteous indignation

Education Matters By Larry Lee When State Superintendent of Education Mike Sentance told the State School Board Dec. 8, that the Office of Inspector General of the US Department of Education had determined that the State’s high school graduation rate was inaccurate, reaction was swift and true to form. Members of the Legislature who consistently … Continued

Larry Lee

December 16, 2016

Opinion

Doing it for the kids

By Larry Lee Education Matters “I did not know the rules.” These words won’t leave my head. Round and round, “I did not know the rules.” The reply given by state school board member Mary Scott Hunter to State Senator Gerald Dial when asked in a Nov. 10 committee meeting if she knew the Ethics … Continued

Larry Lee

November 14, 2016

Opinion

Dial Committee Gets To Work

By Larry Lee Education Matters The committee created by Senators Gerald Dial and Quinton Ross to find out how anonymous info given to the state school board made its way into public heard from their first “witnesses” earlier today. Senator Dial stressed again that the legislature has gone to great lengths to make sure anonymous … Continued

Larry Lee

November 4, 2016

State Board Wants To Know Who Sent Pouncey Letter

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter The State Board of Education plans to find out who leaked anonymous allegations about a candidate for the State’s superintendent position in July. Board members on Thursday passed a resolution that calls on the Alabama Ethics Commission and the Alabama Attorney General’s Office to investigate an anonymous letter alleging … Continued

Josh Moon

October 14, 2016

Opinion

Storm Clouds Gather Over State School Board

By Larry Lee Education Matters Most educators agree that the recent process the state school board went through to replace state superintendent Tommy Bice was more like an episode of the Keystone Kops than anything else. During my career I had five jobs where I reported to a board of directors. Thank goodness they all … Continued

Larry Lee

October 7, 2016