Medical cannabis applications reveal hidden problems, missing info
A secretive process, numerous lawsuits, applicants hiding troubling info — the AMCC's medical marijuana licensing process continues to disappoint.
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See recent postsAlabama’s kids face lots of problems. Libraries aren’t one.
Our elected leaders keep focusing on phony issues because they have no idea how to solve the real ones.
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See recent postsMost of Alabama’s problems can be solved by political engagement
Politicians get away with awful laws, terrible taxes and behaving like children because we don't force them to be better.
EPA chief: Lack of proper waste disposal systems an “environmental injustice”
The Environmental Protection Agency's Chief Administrator Michael Regan visited Lowndes County, Alabama, to survey water and sewage systems.
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See recent postsReality doesn’t support AG’s views on sentencing reforms
Steve Marshall essentially blamed sentencing reform for the death of a police officer last week. Alabama's corrections system is more to blame.
The behind-the-scenes efforts to combat COVID-19
Some days it seems the only visible action state government is taking is to update the public on the number of COVID-19 cases and those who have died from the disease. But in these times of dire public uncertainty, Gov. Kay Ivey’s team is working diligently to solve a myriad of problems facing the state. … Continued
State closing large part of Holman prison
Montgomery – A large portion of Holman Correctional Facility outside of Atmore is closing because of maintenance problems in a tunnel that carries utilities to those sections, the Alabama Department of Corrections announced Wednesday. It’s a decision that concerns a U.S. Department of Justice attorney, who is working with state officials to prevent a possible … Continued
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See recent postsPrisons, rural healthcare and gaming need Alabama solutions
The problems that lay before the Alabama Legislature in the coming 2020 session are complex but not so Byzantine as to be unsolvable. Of the many tasks before state government is what to do about prisons, how to fix rural health care and how to profit from and regulate gaming. One of these issues alone … Continued
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See recent postsIt is the guns. It is the rhetoric.
It’s the video games. Or the mental health problems. Or the violent TV shows. Or maybe, even, it could be that the liberals have coddled these troubled minds too much. Yep, it’s definitely one of those things, or all of those things. But the two things it can never be are the weapons of war … Continued
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Some of us who were former legislators, who served our counties in the Legislature a long time, were considered by many to always be their legislator. A good many of my former constituents still call me with questions or problems. Some ask me how to get in touch with their congressman or senator about a … Continued