University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban said Monday that he wants to play the 2020 season for the players. “I want to play, but I want to play for the players’ sake, the value they can create for themselves,” Saban told ESPN. “I know I’ll be criticized no matter what I say, that … Continued
Thursday, rancher group R-CALF-USA announced that they were in support of President Donald J. Trump’s (R) executive order invoking the Defense Production Act to declare meatpacking operations critical infrastructure that must remain open. R-CALF USA said in a statement that, “Trump’s action was necessary to prevent further collapse of the United States’ meat supply chain.” … Continued
On Thursday, U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr announced that he has ordered Hugh Hurwitz who heads the federal Bureau of Prisons to begin scheduling executions. The Justice Department also announced the names of the first five prisoners to be executed. The executions resume beginning with Daniel Lee Lewis on December 11. There have been no … Continued
Attorney General Bill Barr has directed the Federal Bureau of Prisons to clear the way for the federal government to resume capital punishment. The attorney general has further directed the acting director of the BOP, Hugh Hurwitz, to schedule the executions of five death-row inmates convicted of murdering children and the elderly. While the state … Continued
Tuesday, Vice-President Mike Pence (R) flew in to Birmingham for a National Republican Senate Committee (NRSC) event at Birmingham’s Weston Hotel. Prior to leaving for that event the Vice President had a brief private meeting with Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) aboard Air Force Two. Ivey and Pence then disembarked from the plane and met … Continued
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Shortly, Gov. Kay Ivey, along with key advisers, will determine what health service provider can best address the court order mandates to improve health care in Alabama’s correctional facilities. Alabama officials who are considering turning over state prison health care to Wexford Health Services should take time to review … Continued