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Alabama Legislature Week 3: Take the gun, leave the backpack

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter It’s hard to believe that we’re already through Week 3 in the 2017 Regular Session. Actually, wait, no it’s not. It’s very believable, since these folks work like four hours per day. They showed up at 1 on Tuesday and bounced by early afternoon on Thursday. And somewhere in … Continued
February 24, 2017

Bentley, Strange scandal continues to dog new AG Marshall

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter New Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is in a difficult spot, thanks to the circumstances that landed him his new role. No matter where he goes, questions about investigations into Gov. Robert Bentley, more questions about decisions made by the former AG, Luther Strange, and even more questions about … Continued
February 24, 2017

The hypocrisy isn’t even surprising anymore

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter If you have dealt in politics for any length of time, you have come to expect hypocrisy. It’s as natural as breathing. You come to expect politicians to complain about certain groups out of one side of their mouths, then use the other side of their mouths to beg … Continued
February 23, 2017

Bill allowing adoption agencies to discriminate is all that’s wrong with Alabama government

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter In order to prevent discrimination, we need to discriminate. That seemed to be the message Wednesday morning in the Senate Health and Human Services Committee meeting, as Sen. Bill Hightower pushed a bill that would purportedly protect religiously-affiliated adoption agencies from discrimination by the State. Or to put that … Continued
February 23, 2017

Ticketmaster v. StubHub in a House committee meeting

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter The fight for the secondary ticket market – between household names such as Ticketmaster and StubHub – has moved to Alabama’s Legislature. At a House public hearing on Wednesday, attorneys and lobbyists representing both of those companies were on hand to make their pitches for and against a bill … Continued
February 23, 2017

Two more ASU trustees rejected by Senate

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Two more people nominated to serve on Alabama State University’s Board of Trustees have been rejected by the Alabama Senate. Houston attorney Claudine James and Fred Frost, a vice president at LogiCore Corporation in Huntsville were nixed by the Senate last week. Both were supporters of former president Gwendolyn … Continued
February 23, 2017

Lawmaker: Letter proves Governor knows he’s breaking the law

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter The Governor is breaking the law and he knows it. That was the opinion of State Rep. Chris England, a former prosecutor, on social media Tuesday night, as he again challenged Gov. Robert Bentley’s plans to schedule an election to fill Jeff Sessions’ Senate seat during the General Election … Continued
February 22, 2017

Task force to explore removing grocery tax

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Want to repeal the tax on food in Alabama? There’s a task force for that. In what has quickly become Gov. Robert Bentley’s go-to move for dealing with complicated issues that are popular with voters, the Governor on Tuesday signed an executive order forming a committee to study the … Continued
February 22, 2017

“School choice” is an awful choice

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter “School choice” makes no sense. At least, it doesn’t the way the conservatives currently push it, and it especially makes no sense the way Alabama lawmakers push it. “School choice,” as it was originally intended, is not an alternative to fixing poor performing public schools. It was a choice … Continued
February 21, 2017