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Alabama’s failed redistricting plan could bring back preclearance

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Preclearance could be making a return to Alabama. Three years after the US Supreme Court struck down sections of the 1965 Voting Rights Act that required several states, including Alabama, to receive preclearance from the Department of Justice before making changes to State voting laws, Alabama Republicans might have … Continued
February 17, 2017

Strange, Bentley and the dumbest scandal ever

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter The dumbest, most obvious payoff I ever heard of as a reporter happened in 2000. I was just starting out, working as a sports reporter, when rumblings began about shady football recruiting payoffs taking place in Memphis and involving the University of Alabama. Supposedly, some Crimson Tide boosters had … Continued
February 16, 2017

The rare, bipartisan push to end judicial override in Alabama

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter There was a rare show of bipartisanship during Wednesday’s House Judiciary Committee meeting, and even rarer step taken to end a long-outdated practice. A bill that would bring an end to judicial override – the power that only Alabama now grants judges to overturn the decisions of juries and … Continued
February 16, 2017

Lawmaker: Bentley is breaking the law

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter The Governor is breaking the law. That is the legal opinion of State Rep. Chris England (D-Tuscaloosa) of Gov. Robert Bentley’s plan to hold a special election for Jeff Sessions’ US Senate seat during the General Election in 2018. Bentley signed a resolution announcing his intent to fill the … Continued
February 15, 2017

House to hear new push for Bentley impeachment

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter There will be a renewed push in the Alabama House on Tuesday to impeach Gov. Robert Bentley. New articles of impeachment brought by Reps. Corey Harbison and Randall Shedd will be presented during a pre-session meeting, at which Harbison and Shedd will attempt to get lawmakers to pledge support. … Continued
February 14, 2017

The old AG has done the new AG no favors

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Steve Marshall might be a fine man. He might be all of the things that his friends and his co-workers said he is during Marshall’s swearing-in ceremony as Alabama’s new Attorney General. He might be. But right now, most of the State and half of the big-time players around … Continued
February 13, 2017

Alabama Legislature Week 1: Strange from the jump

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter It was a nice, quiet opening week in the Alabama Legislature. Ha. Just kidding. It was mass chaos, like usual, and right out of the gate. From the governor’s mistress weeping from her balcony seat over words she (likely) wrote, to arguments over Civil War monuments, to an only-in-Alabama … Continued
February 10, 2017

State takeover of Montgomery schools approved

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter The State intervention into Montgomery’s public school system is a go. State School Board members approved a plan from State Superintendent Michael Sentance on Thursday to take over the troubled system. That plan, for now, will essentially split the system into two districts, giving the Alabama State Department of … Continued
February 9, 2017

The terrible optics of appointing Strange to the US Senate

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Gov. Robert Bentley announced Thursday morning that any attorney general’s office investigation into his possible misdeeds is now over. The Governor didn’t use those exact words. Instead, he said he was appointing AG Luther Strange to take over the US Senate seat vacated by new US Attorney General Jeff … Continued
February 9, 2017

The phoniness of the State House

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter It’s the phoniness of politics that bothers people the most, I think. The corruption is bad. The pettiness is sometimes just silly. But the phoniness surrounding politics is never-ending, all-consuming and unavoidable. And it’s almost unbearable to endure silently at times. Take Wednesday afternoon at Alabama’s State House, for … Continued
February 9, 2017