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UA staff, faculty and students want on building names review committee

The University of Alabama Systems last month announced the removal of three Confederate memorial plaques and the formation of a group to study the names of all buildings on all UA System campuses. But that group consists of a group of trustees only, who are tasked with the work and charged with making the final … Continued

July 13, 2020

Descendants of Emma Sansom call for monument’s removal

We are descendants of Emma Sansom’s family and current or former members of the Gadsden community. We add our voices to the call to remove the statue at the head of Broad Street commemorating Sansom and Ku Klux Klan leader and Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest. The monument was erected to enforce white supremacy in … Continued

June 28, 2020

Impeachment: A brief understanding

Editor’s note: The House has opened a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. This brief consideration of the impeachment process is not intended to express an opinion on those proceedings; instead, it aims to better understand the process amidst the din and confusion surrounding the current process. The impeachment process is the mechanism the … Continued

September 30, 2019

Merrill removes Russell County registrar from office for cause

On Tuesday, July 16, Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill removed a member of the Russell County Board of Registrars for cause. The case went before an objective administrative law judge, who, after hearing the case, made a formal recommendation to the secretary of state to remove the registrar. According to Alabama law, the secretary … Continued

July 23, 2019

Muscogee tribe refiles lawsuit against the Poarch Creek Indians over a Wetumpka burial site

The Muscogee Nation tribe has renewed its federal lawsuit against the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, alleging that the construction of a casino in Wetumpka illegally desecrated a burial site and violated numerous federal laws. The Muscogee originally filed suit against the Poarch Creeks in 2012 in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of … Continued

June 6, 2019

A showdown is nearing for BCA’s Billy Canary

The Business Council of Alabama’s executive committee recently approved a succession plan to protect its embattled CEO Billy Canary, but when the plan was presented to a group comprised of the organization’s top members, Canary had deceptively altered the policy adopted by the committee for one more favorable to himself. Alabama Political Reporter is also … Continued

June 17, 2018

Canary’s survival at BCA seen as a growing threat to infrastructure plan success

There may have been a time when the Business Council of Alabama was a cohesive organization dedicated to growth opportunities for all its members, but those days are in the distant past due to the failed leadership of its embattled CEO, Billy Canary. “Canary is not a bridge builder. He builds walls that divide, not … Continued

April 30, 2018

Is HB317 a return to the orgy of greed and corruption?

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter At least it seemed for a moment that the cancer eating away at Alabama’s state government was in remission. The rise of Gov. Kay Ivey and Speaker Mac McCutcheon after the removal of Gov. Robert Bentley and Speaker Mike Hubbard appeared to herald a new day in state politics. … Continued

February 6, 2018

Systematic Venality Renders State Government Suspect

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Theodore Roosevelt once said, “When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer ‘Present’ or ‘Not Guilty’.” Corruption is a pervasive reality in all branches of our State government, and our lawmakers and media selectively look away far too often. In the … Continued

October 31, 2016