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Lack of Autism Therapy coverage another reason for companies not to pick Alabama

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter As I stood along the wall in room 727, listening to the Senate’s finance committee kick around the idea of mandating insurance for Autism Therapy, it struck me that the proponents of this bill were going about it all wrong. For hours upon hours, parents and grandparents, friends, neighbors … Continued
May 11, 2017

Unlike bingo, Fanduel requires skill

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter You can’t win at Fanduel. That’s not a generic “you.” I mean, you – the person reading this. The person who has never played a daily fantasy sports game. If you and I competed against each other in a game, I would beat you 100 times out of 100. … Continued
May 11, 2017

Cowardly politics and the almost certain death of the Autism Therapy Bill

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter The Autism therapy bill is politics at its worst. Actually, scratch that. It’s politics in its most cowardly form. Because right now, the bill that would require insurance companies in Alabama to offer coverage of Autism therapy is all but dead. Not because the public doesn’t want it – … Continued
May 9, 2017

The worst thing Robert Bentley did

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter A few weeks ago, the Alabama House Judiciary Committee dropped a report detailing a bunch of awful things former Gov. Robert Bentley did. There were tales of affairs, of intimidation, of misusing power, of misusing State resources, of acting above the law and of flaunting his overreach of power. … Continued
May 3, 2017

Something stinks in JeffCo DA indictment

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Something stinks in Birmingham, and for once the smell isn’t coming from the Water Works Board. This time, it’s coming from the Jefferson County District Attorney’s office. Which is quite the trick since there’s no DA working in there. Charles Todd Henderson, the county’s first Democratic DA in decades, … Continued
May 2, 2017

Legislation threatens Alabama Film Office

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Math is hard for some people. No one understands that better than Sen. Gerald Dial, who spent the better part of Wednesday giving math lessons – specifically, lessons on how percentages work – to a few legislative colleagues. Dial mainly focused on those colleagues who sought to repeal a … Continued
April 27, 2017

Discrimination: We still don’t know what it is

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Some people seem to be confused about what constitutes discrimination. Bill Hightower is one, which is unfortunate, since he’s a State Senator in Alabama and should know better. Rich Wingo is another who’s confused, and that’s just as unfortunate, since he’s a State Representative. Both Hightower and Wingo are … Continued
April 25, 2017

Christian Coalition leader to run for Senate

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter The head of Alabama’s Christian Coalition wants to be a US Senator. Randy Brinson, who’s worked for years as one of the State’s most vocal Christian conservative advocates, announced Monday that he plans to challenge Luther Strange for Jeff Sessions’ seat. “As president of the Christian Coalition of Alabama, … Continued
April 25, 2017

Alabama Legislature Recap Week 9: All questions, no answers

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Question: What happened in the Alabama Legislature this past week? Lawmakers wasted time and money, like always. Lawmakers passed embarrassing, illegal legislation. Lawmakers got into entertaining arguments. All of the above. It’s always “All of the above.” Let’s recap this nonsense. Civically speaking One of the most entertaining debates … Continued
April 21, 2017