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Jorge Ruiz probably fell asleep. Strip away all of the error-filled news reports, the ignorant and racist social media posts and the disgraceful actions of an Autauga County Circuit Court judge, and that’s basically what you’re left with. A 19-year-old guy stayed up too long, made a bad decision to drive while tired, fell asleep … Continued

Mark Chambers is what’s wrong with Alabama.  Every week — sometimes, every day in a week — I get messages from people from all around this state, and from people who no longer live in this state, telling me essentially the same thing: Alabama has a lot of good people, and it has many fine … Continued

After then-Lt.Gov. Kay Ivey was rushed to a Colorado hospital with stroke-like symptoms, she and her staff attempted a cover-up to keep the public ignorant of her medical condition. A year ago, when APR reported the emergency hospitalization, Ivey’s staff equivocated and then went to extraordinary lengths to deny, evade and mislead the public about … Continued

Memorial Day is supposed to be the day we set aside each year to honor the men and women who have died serving this country — the folks who fought to keep this place free and the shining “beacon on a hill.” This year, we celebrated with a giant middle finger to those brave souls. … Continued

Smart people reside in Alabama. Curious, intelligent, open-minded, reasonable, rational people live within Alabama’s borders. It’s true. I know them. I’ve talked with them. There are a lot of them. Many of them kept Roy Moore from being our Senator and they work every day to make the state and the world a little better … Continued

The corruption within Alabama’s state government doesn’t surprise me anymore. The brazenness of that corruption does. Seriously, these people aren’t even hiding it anymore. Former Republican majority leader Micky Hammon, before being busted, convicted and shipped off to federal prison, actually told a reporter about his illegal deal with a health care company. Former Republican … Continued

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Nothing matters anymore. Evidence. Facts. Credible allegations. Actual arrests and guilty pleas. Nope. Negative. Lies. Fake news. This is America’s motto in 2017: We believe what we want to believe, and dammit, that’s our right. Which is true, I guess. Stupid, but true. Over the last few weeks, I … Continued

By Dr. Tom Ford, III Members of the Alabama House of Representatives: the speaker’s chair is empty. Mike Hubbard is a convicted felon. He was your friend and it’s natural for you to be heartbroken for him and for his family. He was powerful and you can wisely acknowledge that power, money, and position prey … Continued