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Want to slow the spread of coronavirus? Tell people the truth

Alabama hospitals are running out of ICU beds. And ventilators.  Frontline staff is overworked. Nurses and doctors are running low on personal protective equipment (PPEs) and there is none to be had.  And we are only in the early stages of COVID-19’s spread through America. We’ve only recently moved up to third in the world … Continued
March 25, 2020

State will allow out-of-state doctors, assistants to work in Alabama during COVID-19 crisis

In an effort to bolster the state’s medical response to COVID-19, state health officials announced Monday that physicians and physician assistants with out-of-state medical licenses can now receive temporary permission to work in Alabama. The Alabama Board of Medical Examiners and the Medical Licensuare Commission have adopted emergency administrative rules to allow physicians and physician … Continued
March 23, 2020

On medical marijuana, listen to doctors, not Steve Marshall

Deaths from opioid overdoses in 2018: 47,600.  Deaths from marijuana overdoses in all recorded history: 0.  These are fairly important numbers if you’re making an argument that medical marijuana shouldn’t be legalized because opioids are also used for pain and they’ve been a big problem.  I know that sounds a really dumb argument to make, … Continued
January 10, 2020

Lawsuit filed challenging Alabama abortion ban

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Alabama and Planned Parenthood Federation of America filed a lawsuit on Friday challenging Alabama’s recent legislation that bans abortion in nearly all cases and punishes doctors who perform abortions. The lawsuit is challenging House Bill 314 or the “Human Life Protection Act,” which bans all abortions in the … Continued
May 27, 2019

The Legislature’s abortion ban is a disgraceful political stunt that will cost Alabamians

For years, the Alabama Legislature has been passing laws that push abortion out of reach. Now politicians have finally shown their true colors and are trying to ban abortion outright. On Wednesday, Governor Ivey signed HB314 – one of the most extreme attacks on the right to abortion in recent memory – into law. HB314 … Continued
May 20, 2019

Pistol, pistol, who has the pistol?

As a state, Alabama isn’t much of a problem solver. That’s why we rank near the bottom in practically every quality of life survey of the nation. It’s why we’re lousy at fixing education and prisons and mental health and child welfare. Somebody (usually the feds) has to tell us how to fix those problems. … Continued
April 18, 2019

Second law-enforcement officer confirms Ivey’s hospitalization, cover-up and trooper demotion

When then-Lt. Gov. Kay Ivey was rushed to a Colorado hospital in April of 2015, her security detail officer, Thomas “Drew” Brooks, followed protocol by reporting the incident to his superior officers. He also reported that Ivey’s Chief of Staff Steve Pelham told him not to tell anyone. Brooks said that he was later instructed … Continued
October 22, 2018