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Political operatives, opportunist and politicos torch bridge project

No reporter has done more to chronicle the story of the Interstate 10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project than al.com’s John Sharp. Recently, he penned a piece entitled “How the I-10 project was killed,” which focuses on the public battle that led to the project’s demise. Interspersed in the various reports on the bridge … Continued

Bill Britt

September 9, 2019

Opinion

If GOP economics work, why do Alabama leaders tax the working class?

The Mobile toll bridge is dying. You can feel that things have turned. The opposition has become too organized, indicating that there’s a powerful force behind it, and the fringe politicians have made public statements supporting the protestors — because, why not? There’s no political downside to being against a tax that doesn’t really affect … Continued

Josh Moon

August 22, 2019

One third of adults avoid certain places for fear of mass shootings

A new survey shows that a large majority of adults in the United States are stressed by mass shootings and a third of U.S. adults say that fear of mass shootings stops them from going to certain places and events. This survey from the American Psychological Association and the Harris Poll was conducted following a … Continued

Jessa Reid Bolling

August 16, 2019

JeffCo DA drops charges against Marshae Jones

Marshae Jones won’t faces charges after all. Jones, whose fetus died after she was shot in the stomach during a fight with another woman, had been charged with manslaughter by a Jefferson County grand jury, which determined that she was responsible for the fight that led to the shooting. On Wednesday, however, Jefferson County Bessemer … Continued

Josh Moon

July 3, 2019

Opinion

Climate change is killing our coastal gulf fisheries

Marine life along the Gulf of Mexico is not doing well. Vast numbers of oyster, blue crab, shrimp, and fin fish off coastal Louisiana, Mississippi and bays of Alabama have been killed outright or driven from marshes. In Louisiana and Mississippi, the death blow was an unprecedented outflow of fresh water juiced, among other sources, … Continued

James McClintock

July 2, 2019

Judge dismisses suit filed by family of mentally ill man shot and killed by police

Brad McBrayer has spent the last five years thinking about the moments before a police officer shot and killed his son. Body camera footage, taken on Nov. 11, 2014, does not show all of those moments. The officers turned on their cameras only after things had escalated. In the footage, 24-year-old David Daniel McBrayer seemed … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

June 28, 2019

Former state legislator, Jefferson County Commissioner Chris McNair dead at 93

Chris McNair, a former state legislator and Jefferson County commissioner, died Wednesday at the age of 93, his family said. McNair was the father of one of the four girls killed in the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing in Birmingham. His daughter Denise McNair was one of the victims. The bombing orchestrated by the … Continued

Chip Brownlee

May 9, 2019

Opinion

What is abortion, really?

A battle over abortion is raging around us and more and more states are taking their stand. Some states, like New York and Virginia, seem intent on abolishing any limitations to the practice. Others–red states like Kentucky, Mississippi, and now Alabama–appear resolved to end legalized abortion within their borders. In the midst of this reality, … Continued

Parker Snider

April 2, 2019

Why the Bradford family is suing AG Marshall, Hoover police

The family of E.J. Bradford, who was shot and killed by Hoover Police last Thanksgiving, have filed a lawsuit seeking the release of all videos of the incident obtained by Hoover PD and the Alabama Attorney General’s Office. AG Steve Marshall elected not to prosecute the officer who shot Bradford, sparking outrage among many in … Continued

Josh Moon

March 12, 2019

Opinion

One year later, we still March for Our Lives

On the day we celebrate love, we also must commemorate a devastating anniversary, the first since the mass shooting last year at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. That Valentine’s Day afternoon, in six minutes of terror, a former MSD student killed 17 students and staff members and injured 17 more. Sadly, in … Continued

Joey Kennedy

February 14, 2019