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News / State

Merrill response not a surprise

I like John Merrill. I can’t help it. I like people who embrace who they are, imperfections and all, and make a hard run at whatever life they’ve chosen. John Merrill must’ve known in elementary school that he wanted to be a politician, and he’s worked at it every day since. Shaking hands. Remembering people’s … Continued

Josh Moon

August 5, 2019

Opinion

Don’t be fooled: The plan to kill the Alabama School Board is about money, not helping kids and teachers

On Thursday, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey and Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh summed up Alabama governance quite nicely in an eight-page bill and a one-page press release. The bill, filed by Marsh, would effectively kill the state school board, replacing it with an appointed bunch of bureaucrats who would be beholden the clowns who … Continued

Josh Moon

May 10, 2019

Opinion

No, Mr. Marshall, it’s you

A few hours after Bridgette Gentry Marshall ended her life on Sunday, June 24, her husband, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, approved a press release that exposed her, “long struggle with mental illness.” Just days later on Wednesday the 27, Marshall summoned the state’s news media to the Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Albertville where, in … Continued

Bill Britt

July 2, 2018

Opinion

A message from Kay Ivey: Pander, pander, pander

A few minutes before 8 on Wednesday evening, an urgent press release from Gov. Kay Ivey hit my email inbox. Subject line: “Governor Kay Ivey responds to Mobile teacher being prevented from wearing ‘Just Pray’ shirt.” Before blacking out from the unstoppable stupidity of such an email, a realization hit me. It’s pander season. It’s … Continued

Josh Moon

May 3, 2018

Democrats Release Website Stating Their Case Against Judge Roy Moore

Staff Report Press Release Montgomery – The Alabama Democratic Party released a new website today which they say is, “aimed at reminding voters why Roy Moore is unfit to serve again as Alabama’s Chief Justice.” According to the press release, “Visitors to the site may read a brief summary, accompanying source articles, and the entire … Continued

November 2, 2012

Birmingham Abortion Clinic Again Denied License to Reopen

Staff Report Press Release The Alabama Department of Public Health has again denied the deceptive attempts to reopen the New Woman All Women (NWAW) abortion mill in Birmingham, Alabama. When NWAW owner Diane Derzis was shut down by the state and agreed not to run an abortion clinic again, she got her friend Kelly Rainwater … Continued

September 13, 2012

Federal Court Rules to Include All City Students in SPLC Against Birmingham Police Dept

Staff Report Ruling Ensures Current and Future Students At Risk Are Represented Press Release Birmingham, Ala. – A federal court has ruled that all current and future Birmingham City students will be represented in the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) lawsuit against the Birmingham Police Department which seeks to end the use of pepper-spray on … Continued

September 6, 2012

Analysis of Thousands of Calls to Legal Hotline Shows Widespread Racial Profiling in the Wake of HB 56  

Staff Report Press Release Calls to a legal hotline in the months after Alabama’s anti-immigrant law went into effect demonstrate the consequences that a law like HB 56 has on all segments of society, according to a new report released by the National Immigration Law Center today. The report provides an overview of the more … Continued

August 29, 2012

NAACP Calls for an End to Birmingham Police Using Mace on Students

Staff Report Press Release (Birmingham, AL) – In response to reports that more than 200 African American high school students in Birmingham, AL have been sprayed with mace or pepper spray by Birmingham Police Officers, the NAACP is asking Birmingham Mayor William Bell to ban the use of mace and order the police to develop … Continued

August 29, 2012