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Legislature

Ten Commandments bill headed back to the drawing board

Committee members asked for clarification on how the bill would apply to college campuses and how schools would be held accountable since the bill requires private funding.

Jacob Holmes

April 4, 2025

Auburn’s McCrary Institute to bring together leading public, private cybersecurity experts

Six of the nation’s most senior cybersecurity officials will gather Tuesday, Oct. 19.

October 19, 2021

Judge: No proof VictoryLand is a public nuisance, lots of proof it’s a public benefit

The court ruled the state had failed to provide evidence that VictoryLand posed any real threat to the peace.

Josh Moon

August 19, 2021

Alabama governor signs ban on transgender athletes in public school sports

Over two-thirds of Americans oppose bans on transgender athletics, according to a new PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll.

John H. Glenn

April 24, 2021

Opinion

What would it take for you to care about you?

"You so often devalue your lives that I’m just not sure what to think."

Josh Moon

December 10, 2020

UAB specialist urges masks, personal responsibility over another lockdown

Alabama’s best chance at reversing its upward trend of COVID-19 cases is not to shut down again, but to get more serious about wearing masks in public, social distancing and sheltering in place whenever possible, said a Birmingham infectious diseases expert on Thursday. Shutting down in March and April was like doing a sprint, said … Continued

Micah Danney

June 25, 2020

Department of Justice announces launch of civil rights reporting portal

The Department of Justice today announced the launch of the Civil Rights Reporting Portal. This new online tool will make it easier for the public to report a civil rights violation. “The department is committed to upholding the civil and constitutional rights of all people in the United States,” said Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband … Continued

June 17, 2020

Polls show Americans warming to impeachment

The American public’s views of impeachment for President Trump are growing more favorable by the day. Shortly after Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced earlier this week that she would begin impeachment proceedings, the general public’s view of that action was decidedly unfavorable. A clear majority of Americans in every major poll on the … Continued

Josh Moon

September 27, 2019

Opinion

ADEM found E. Coli levels 35 times the danger level after Tyson spill. It didn’t tell anyone.

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management’s website should probably be the first clue that the department doesn’t understand its responsibility to alert the public to dangerous environmental issues. That website, which appears to be designed around the time people were still messaging in AOL chatrooms, states near the bottom that it is best viewed in … Continued

Josh Moon

September 5, 2019

Opinion

Kay Ivey has an opportunity to do some real good

Dressing up in blackface 50 years ago doesn’t make Gov. Kay Ivey a racist. It just helps explain why she’s a racist today. Think of it sort of like those superhero origin stories that are popular now. The blackface incident at Auburn was just one early clue that Kay Ivey was going to be a … Continued

Josh Moon

August 30, 2019