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Alabama desperately needs legal, regulated sports wagering

Sports wagering in Alabama is a $2 billion-per-year industry operated by con men and used car salesmen. We should change that.
February 28, 2024

Gov. Ivey awards grants to assist sexual assault victims statewide

Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded a $418,404 grant to support sexual assault victims across Alabama. The Alabama Coalition Against Rape, a nonprofit organization that assists victims of sexual violence and conducts outreach and education, is using the funds to continue its efforts to provide services to victims and prevent further assaults. The coalition has provided … Continued
August 31, 2020

What happened in Huntsville Wednesday night was disgraceful

Law enforcement officers in Huntsville assaulted dozens of people Wednesday night following a peaceful protest and march.  This is the accurate description of what took place in Huntsville.  I don’t care what you heard on “the news” or what you read on Facebook or Twitter. That’s what happened.  Following a peaceful protest downtown — for … Continued
June 4, 2020

The new pari-mutuel machines at Birmingham Race Course are legal, and there’s really no question about it

Because Bill Pryor said so.  Since news broke on Tuesday that the Birmingham Race Course had installed 300-plus pari-mutuel gaming machines, there have been a lot of questions from people all around the state. Primarily, the question raised, with genuine curiosity, is this: Why are those games legal? The answer: Because Bill Pryor and two … Continued
October 10, 2019

Polls show majority of Americans support legal abortion

Last week, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed a near-total ban on abortion. But polls from just last year show the majority of Americans support access to abortion in some cases, rather than an outright ban on the practice. Polls from last year show that 48 percent of Americans identify as pro-choice, while 48 percent as … Continued
May 24, 2019

An absolutely awful Legislature

So Alabama is really going to do it. We’re going to agree to spend no telling how much of our scarce financial resources to argue a clearly unconstitutional proposal to all but outright ban abortion in the state is somehow legal. It is not, and shame on the Legislature to make the move. For the … Continued
May 2, 2019

Understanding an important section in the lottery CA — one some don’t want you to understand

A proposed constitutional amendment offered by State Senator Jim McClendon, R-Springville, gives the people of Alabama the right to vote on a lottery. McClendon’s legislation is a clean bill because it only covers one subject: a lottery. Opponents of the bill, and even some supporters, have mischaracterized portions of the constitutional amendment or failed to … Continued
April 1, 2019

Alabama Supreme Court to hear Hubbard’s appeal; there is cause for concern

Warning sirens sounded throughout the political and legal communities when, on Monday, the Alabama Supreme Court granted former Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard a hearing on his 11 counts of felony public corruption conviction. It may be just that in such a high profile case with great public interest that the court felt it … Continued
March 13, 2019