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We need a level playing field for franchise owners in Alabama

I knew it had happened to me, so I concluded it was happening to others. I’m a small business owner, and for years, I owned and operated small catastrophe-restoration franchises in Mobile and Baldwin counties. If your home or store had fire or water damage, my team and I would come in and restore your … Continued

April 30, 2019

Progressives push to limit your steaks and burgers in “War on Beef”

I am naming the newest attempt to control your life the “War on Beef.” To me, this newest meddling in other people’s lives is proof positive that the international environmental agenda is more about controlling people than about avoiding environmental damage. It is almost unbelievable. Progressives have decided that cows damage the environment. Ten years … Continued

December 13, 2018

With last minute move, Sessions cements his awful legacy

Here come the rewrites of Jeff Sessions’ pathetic history. Already, the apologists and conservatives have begun to mold Sessions’ as a rule-of-law stalwart, a steadying force, a letter-of-the-law stickler for truth and justice. He stood up to Trump. He protected Robert Mueller. He was brave and honorable and dignified, and most of all, he followed … Continued

November 9, 2018

No one has a right to a lifetime appointment on the Supreme Court

The events unfolding around the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court represent a turning point for one branch of our government. I pray we do not follow a course that does terrible damage to the reputation of the court while ignoring the pain of victims of sexual assault. The most immediate impact … Continued

October 5, 2018

“Once in a lifetime” is happening far too often in our lives

Earlier this week, I listened to Dr. James B. McClintock speak to students in the University Honors Program at UAB. McClintock, the renowned Endowed University Professor of Polar and Marine Biology at the university, once again showed, with ample evidence, what climate change is doing to polar ice in both the Arctic (Northern Hemisphere) and … Continued

September 13, 2018

AEA lawsuit could save charter schools

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter The Alabama Education Association filed a lawsuit Monday against the Alabama Charter School Commission members and interim state superintendent Ed Richardson. And you should be on the AEA’s side. It doesn’t matter if you hate the AEA. It doesn’t matter if you hate public education. It doesn’t matter if … Continued

March 6, 2018

Trump has Alabama “covered” for Irma

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter The phone rang early in the Alabama governor’s mansion Sunday morning. President Donald Trump was calling. Gov. Kay Ivey said Trump called twice on Sunday to assure her that he had “Alabama covered” in case of issues with Hurricane Irma. Asked by Ivey what that meant, she said Trump … Continued

September 11, 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

December 22, 2016

Suit Against Bentley Filed Over Gulf State Park

By Susan Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY— Former Alabama commissioner of conservation and natural resources, Charley Grimsley, filed suit against Gov. Robert Bentley over his plan to build a resort hotel at Gulf State Park, which Grimsley says will be unaffordable to most Alabamians. The lawsuit, filed in Montgomery County circuit court, challenges the use … Continued

April 11, 2016