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ALGOP Chair and Executive Committee makes right call

There are times when making a tough call is a natural choice, which is what ALGOP Chair Terry Lathan and the Alabama Republican Party Executive Committee did by not certifying Jim Bonner as a candidate for PSC Place 1. Last night, the committee voted to reject a flawed candidate whose race-baiting, anti-semitic, misogynistic social media … Continued
June 1, 2018

Democratic Public Service Commission candidates launch campaigns in Birmingham

Two Democratic candidates for Alabama’s Public Service Commission launched their campaigns in Birmingham Tuesday night. Cara McClure and Kari Powell, both from Birmingham, went in together to kick off their campaigns for Place 1 and Place 2 on the PSC at Clubhouse on Highland in Birmingham Tuesday. Powell is a small-business woman in Birmingham who … Continued
May 16, 2018

EJI museum, memorial are giant mirrors for Alabama

It should be expected, I guess, that a museum and a memorial devoted to America’s awful history of lynchings and general mistreatment of minorities would touch a few nerves. It’s hard to look in the mirror sometimes. That’s what the Equal Justice Initiative’s museum — The Legacy Museum — and memorial — The Memorial for … Continued
April 27, 2018

Final strange chapter: Fake cancer scam ends in jail time

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter The strangest story I’ve ever covered is over. A Shelby County Circuit Court judge on Thursday sentenced Jennifer Flynn Cataldo to serve two years for each of two counts of first-degree theft by deception after Cataldo admitted to soliciting tens of thousands of dollars from friends and family in … Continued
December 1, 2017

Shelby supports Trump’s opioid policy

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., announced that he supports President Donald Trump’s declaration of a public health emergency in regard to opioid addiction: “I applaud the President and his Administration on their efforts to end the opioid epidemic,” Sen. Shelby said. “This is a real emergency, and it affects … Continued
October 30, 2017

What can we learn on the Plains of Weehawken?

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter “If we had an Attorney General, there’d be a Grand Jury,” said a retired judge referring to revelations in APR’s exit interview with Ethics Commissioner, Dr. Stewart Tankersley. Examples of collusion, questionable opinions, and other suspect activity, he said, “should be before a Grand Jury, and we should ask … Continued
August 9, 2017

The shadowy autocracy of the JIC, the State Supreme Court and the legal elites

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Two State Senators are offering constitutional amendments that would rein in the Judicial Inquiry Commission (JIC) and the Court of the Judiciary (COJ). The JIC was created to investigate, receive, initiate complaints leveled against sitting judges, and the COJ was formed to hear cases that the JIC felt needed … Continued
November 29, 2016

Will Chief Justice Roy Moore Be Denied Equal Justice?

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Chief Justice Roy Moore has been suspended for the rest of his term in office, which permanently removes him from the bench forever (Moore will be aged-out by a State statute that caps eligibility to run for a judgeship after 70). The Alabama Supreme Court is refusing to unseal … Continued
October 24, 2016

A Dark Omen Rises From Moore Trial

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Those politicos and advocates who follow history should mark Friday, September 30,2016 on their calendars and note it as the day the State of Alabama changed due to the suspension of Chief Justice Roy S. Moore from the Alabama Supreme Court. There is no reason for anyone on either … Continued
October 4, 2016

Black Lives Matter Birmingham Will Host Vigil on Thursday

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, September 22, 2016, members of Black Lives Matter (BLM) Birmingham will host a Candlelight Vigil, Balloon Release & Prayer at Kelly Ingram Park to honor the life of Terrence Crutcher, the unarmed father of four who was killed by Tulsa, Oklahoma police on September 16. BLM activist … Continued
September 22, 2016