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The session might be over, but the gambling bill still isn’t dead

"With a large number of lawmakers still in support of the comprehensive gambling bill, a special session looms."
May 20, 2021

Science is hard for Alabama, Del Marsh

On a good day in Alabama, science is not our friend. On bad days, during complicated, scary times, when science and medicine are confusing and offering hard solutions to tough problems, watching our people try to science is like watching a monkey fold a fitted sheet.  Such has been the case in the days of … Continued
July 10, 2020

How has Alabama done reopening its economy post COVID-19 shutdown?

Alabama has partially reopened the state’s economy after a COVID-19 shutdown. How has that worked out? Bluntly, re-opening Alabama’s economy has not worked out well and may become disastrous. Our lack of leadership, of planning and of resolve to do what is right has left us with too many sick, too many dead, and too … Continued
June 15, 2020

Unemployed Alabama workers deserve support, not suspicion

Thousands of sick Alabamians. Hundreds of dead Alabamians. Hundreds of thousands of Alabamians out of work.  These are the realities of the COVID-19 virus’ effect on this state.  But they are not the most worrisome aspects of this crisis.  No, the most worrisome aspect, it turns out — and really, y’all, hold onto your seats … Continued
April 24, 2020

Armed church security fails to prevent three deaths

Across Alabama and the nation, news stories on the recent shooting at West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, Texas, that left three people dead, including the shooter, have almost unanimously called the tragedy an unqualified success story for gun rights advocates. The Dallas Morning News headline, for example, proclaimed: “A church shooting near … Continued
January 6, 2020

Alabama prisoner dies after correctional officers “apply physical measures”

An inmate at the William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility in Bessemer died Saturday after correctional officers “applied physical measures” to the inmate on Friday, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections.  Steven Davis, 35, of Graysville was pronounced dead at a local hospital on Saturday, according to a press release on Monday from the Alabama … Continued
October 8, 2019

The bill that would have killed Alabama ethics laws is dead

The worst bill this legislative session (so far) is dead. Sen. Greg Albritton’s rewrite of state ethics laws — which all but eliminated ethics laws — will apparently never leave the Senate Judiciary Committee, chairman Cam Ward said Wednesday afternoon. “It’s dead in my committee,” Ward told APR. It was an odd turn of events … Continued
April 11, 2019