Eric Holder

Staff Report BIRMINGHAM – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Alabama collected $2.3 million in Fiscal Year 2013 from criminal and civil actions, and an additional $12.2 million in criminal and civil forfeitures, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance. In addition to the $2.3 million the office collected on its own through … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder (D) announced that the U.S. Department of Justice will sue states (who like Alabama) have passed mandatory voter ID laws. The Speaker of the Alabama House Mike Hubbard (R) from Auburn quickly responded to the possible threat of more federal litigation being … Continued

Staff Report MONTGOMERY — Today at 10:00 Tuskegee Mayor Johnny Ford will hold a press conference on the steps of the Alabama State House to praise the Obama administration for its efforts to reinstate the Voting Rights Act. The following is a statement from Mayor Ford: “I want to publicly commend the U.S. Attorney General … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The BP legal saga continued on Tuesday when the corporate giant pleaded guilty to 14 criminal charges under federal law for their role in creating the Deepwater Horizon disaster which left oil workers dead, the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling platform at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, millions … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday BP agreed to plead guilty to manslaughter and other crimes for their role in creating the disaster and subsequent efforts to hide the scope of the disaster which killed 11 seamen and polluted the coastline of Alabama and four other states. As part of their criminal penalty, … Continued

By Susan Britt and Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Section 5 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act requires that any changes to voting districts in Alabama and 15 other states must be approved by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). The City of Calera and Shelby County have challenged that 47 year old law, … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell (D) from Selma attended the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) inaugural Faith Leaders Summit on Voting Rights.  The event was held in conjunction with the Conference of National Black Churches (CNBC) 2012 National Consultation.  U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder delivered the keynote address. In her … Continued

Staff Report Alabama Political Reporter State share of national settlement estimated at $106,701,096 From the Office of Attorney General Luther Strange (MONTGOMERY)–Attorney General Luther Strange Thursday formally joined a landmark $25 billion national joint federal-state agreement with the nation’s five largest mortgage servicers over foreclosure abuses and fraud, and unacceptable nationwide mortgage servicing practices. The proposed … Continued

Staff Report With 2011 drawing to a close, it is time to account. As an early-and-often chronicler of Chicago-on-the-Potomac, I am amazed at the stubborn and clingy persistence of President Barack Obama’s snowblowers in the media. See no scandal, hear no scandal, speak no scandal. Dartmouth College professor Brendan Nyhan asserted in May — while … Continued