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Alabama Democratic Party specializes in doing nothing

There was an extremely unpopular gas tax.  There was the felon in the White House.  There are tiny children held in cages in America.  There was an abortion law that could have been a storyline on “The Handmaid’s Tale.”  There was Republican Supreme Court justices giving indications that they’re on the verge of handing Mike … Continued
July 17, 2019

No surprise at all: Lawmakers are already trying to get their hands on gas tax money

Two months. That’s how long it took for Alabama politicians to break all of those oh-so-sincere promises to you about the gas tax. Two months ago, when the Legislature was debating this 10-cent gas tax increase — the one that can be increased another penny for years to come — there was one often-repeated promise … Continued
May 14, 2019

State budgets: Priority number one

After their successful special five-day Special Session, the Legislature has been in their Regular Session for a few weeks now. The session will end in June so it is about one-fourth over. Almost one-third of the members are new — freshmen if you will. Even though they are, for the most part, a bright and … Continued
April 3, 2019

Ivey submits $7.1 billion education budget, $2.1 billion state general fund budget

Wednesday, state Finance Director Kelly Butler briefed the Alabama Capital Press Corps on the state budgets. The economy has been doing really well and this means that Gov. Kay Ivey is anticipating substantially larger state revenues in the coming fiscal year. The legislature passes two budgets each year. One is for schools, the Education Trust … Continued
March 21, 2019

Passing gambling legislation should be easy

Don’t screw this up. Gambling legislation is coming — again — during this legislative session, and the decisions should be so easy, so clear for our lawmakers that they only have to worry about one thing. Don’t screw it up. Don’t overthink it. (Which has rarely been a problem for us.) This is so easy … Continued
March 19, 2019

McClendon to introduce lottery legislation

State Sen. Jim McClendon, R-Springville, has announced that he will release the details of his lottery bill at a press conference today. The 2019 Alabama regular legislative session resumes today after it was interrupted by Gov. Kay Ivey’s call of a special session to pass her gas tax increase to pay for infrastructure. That passed … Continued
March 19, 2019

Big electro-magnet pulling left

As I watch what is happening to core philosophies and belief systems internationally, domestically and now in our own state, I am just shaking my head and looking down in dismay. The question I am asking myself, am I this dated, is there room anymore for an economic, moral, social and constitutional conservative or have … Continued
March 18, 2019

Senate committee approves gas tax increase

The Senate Transportation and Energy Committee gave a favorable recommendation Monday to a controversial plan to raise fuel taxes by ten cents per gallon to pay for road and bridge construction and for improvements to the Port of Mobile. The legislation, HB1, is sponsored by state Representative Bill Poole, R-Tuscaloosa. Senator Gerald Allen, R-Tuscaloosa, is … Continued
March 12, 2019

Why Gov. Kay Ivey called a special session over the gas tax

Gov. Kay Ivey called a special session of the Alabama Legislature on Tuesday, just an hour after finishing her State of the State address and less than a full day into the Legislature’s 2019 regular session. Calling a special session within a regular session isn’t new, but special session are more commonly called during the … Continued
March 6, 2019