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State Senator re-files bill to make removing Confederate monuments prohibitively expensive

It would cost a city $1.825 million annually to permanently remove a memorial.
July 3, 2025

How to change a heritage of hate

Why are you so adamant about keeping Confederate symbols around?  That’s the part of this debate that I have never been able to wrap my head around. Why are people in 2020 so fired up to keep these monuments and statues, and why do you want to fly that dumb flag?  Oh, yes, I know … Continued
June 11, 2020

The coward’s way

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Know a sentence you never hear anyone say? “Boy, that discrimination really worked out for us.” Think about it. Thousands of years of discrimination based on race, age, religion, gender, sexual orientation and heritage, but no one ever looks back on any of it and thinks about how great … Continued
January 30, 2017

College experiment finds DNA may be the bridge across the racial divide

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Racial tension is a continual theme in the news, in the long history of our country, and especially in the South, where grappling with race and ethnicity is an ever-present challenge. The realities of race, ethnicity, and social standing always color politics. From the pol-tax and George Wallace’s schoolhouse … Continued
January 5, 2017

Davis Approved To Work For Arc Terminals

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—The Alabama Ethics Commission has issued an opinion that would allow Rep. Randy Davis (R-Daphne) to accept a position with Arc Terminals, a principal with business before the State. State law makes in illegal for a legislator to receive a thing of value from a principal, in this case: … Continued
April 14, 2016

Sons of Confederate Veterans Request FBI Investigate Hervey’s Death

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, July 23, the Commander in Chief of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, Charles Kelly Barrow, requested that US Attorney General Loretta Lynch direct the Civil Rights Division of the United States Justice Department to open a Federal investigation into the death of Black pro-Confederate flag activist Anthony … Continued
July 24, 2015

Zeigler: Last Five Months a Disappointment For Republican Voters

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Saturday, July 11, State Auditor Jim Zeigler (R) spoke to the Mid Alabama Republican Club (MARC) at their monthly meeting at the Vestavia Public Library. Zeigler said, “I have seen in the last five months a tremendous disappointment on the part of our Republican voters in our Republican … Continued
July 15, 2015