SBC executive committee votes to waive attorney-client privilege in abuse review
After weeks of heated meetings and two votes against transparency, members voted to allow access to the committee's documents.
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Most voting SBC members in Alabama against waiving privilege in abuse review
The executive committee has until Tuesday to decide whether it'll waive attorney-client privilege in a review of sexual abuse allegations.
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See recent postsTime to make the “make-me state” do something on prisons
It is evident that Gov. Kay Ivey is determined to build three new men’s correctional facilities. Ivey’s move is not without controversy, but after decades of half-measures and inaction, her administration is facing the problem head-on. And that alone is a first for Alabama. When Alabama’s state prisons were built, they served two primary purposes; … Continued
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See recent postsAlabamians need relief from Rx greed
For decades, big pharmaceutical companies have raised drug prices with impunity. Here in Alabama, the average annual cost of brand name prescription drug treatment increased 58 percent between 2012 and 2017, while the annual income for Alabamians increased only 4.6 percent. Prescription drugs don’t work if patients can’t afford them. In D.C., there is rare … Continued
Advocates, veterans sue to speed benefits for ‘Blue Water’ vets
Advocates for “blue water” veterans filed a federal lawsuit last week demanding action on the expansion of disability benefits that the government has said must wait until next year. Navy veterans who sailed off the coast of Vietnam who have for decades awaited benefits due to Agent Orange exposure will have to wait until at … Continued
Introduction: Impact of climate change on Alabama
Professor James McClintock knows that some might never believe the science behind climate change, which shows that fossil fuel use is causing dramatic changes in our weather. But McClintock, a professor of polar and marine biology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham who has spent decades researching sea life and how climate change affects … Continued
Bill would strike language calling homosexuality a “criminal offense” from sex-ed law
Despite changing attitudes and decades-old legal precedent, Alabama’s sex education law still requires sex ed teachers to tell students that homosexuality is a “criminal offense” and “not a lifestyle acceptable to the general public.” The law requires that course instruction that relates to sex education should include “emphasis” on that language as it relates to … Continued
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See recent postsDo you smell what the Alabama Supreme Court is cooking up?
You can smell it coming, can’t you? I’m talking about the stink from whatever the Alabama Supreme Court is about to do with Mike Hubbard and his rightful conviction for 11 felonies. You can smell it for miles. Mainly because the ALSC hasn’t been interested in following the law for the last two decades. Instead, … Continued
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See recent postsAlabama hasn’t taught black history well. It’s hurt us all.
Majority-white public schools received about $23 billion more in funding than majority-nonwhite schools in 2016, according to a report from the nonprofit group EdBuild. That seemed to surprise a lot of people when the study’s findings were reported in the Washington Post last week. I’m not sure why. The majority of school funding models are … Continued
Other state AGs are suing 3M over pollution; Alabama’s AG is threatening reporters and feigning ignorance
When the attorney general of Minnesota learned of the years of pollution dumped from a 3M plant into his state’s waterways, he filed a lawsuit demanding the company clean up its mess. A few years later, on the eve of the trial, 3M settled, agreeing to pay $850 million to make Minnesota’s water clean again. … Continued