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Update: Former County Commission Association president-elect apologizes for racial slur

UPDATE: Association of County Commissions of Alabama executive director Sonny Brasfield said Dean Calvert has resigned as president-elect. Brasfield said Calvert’s resignation came late Thursday following a conversation about the Blount County commissioner’s racial slur. Original story: The president-elect of the Association of County Commissions of Alabama issued a video apology Thursday for using a … Continued
September 4, 2020

Dismukes resigns as pastor, refuses to step down as state lawmaker

Embattled State Rep. Will Dismukes has resigned as pastor of a Baptist church but defiantly declared that he has no plans to step down from the state Legislature.  The Alabama Baptist, an online and print news source for Baptists around the state, reported on Thursday that Dismukes had agreed to step down from Pleasant Hill … Continued
July 30, 2020

The Ayers factor: A disturbing lack of compassion

When former Anniston Star publisher H. Brandt Ayers admitted last year to assaulting women who worked for him — including my wife Veronica when she was a young reporter — Ayers resigned as chairman of Consolidated Publishing, the company that owns the Star and other newspapers. Ayers was supposed to have nothing more to do … Continued
May 9, 2019

Former Ivey aide announces candidacy for House District 74

A former aide to Gov. Kay Ivey has announced his campaign for House District 74. Daniel Sparkman, Ivey’s press secretary until last week when he resigned to run for the seat, announced Wednesday he would campaign for the seat formerly held by the late Rep. Dimitri Polizos. Polizos died suddenly last month from a heart … Continued
April 11, 2019

Richard Cohen resigns from the Southern Poverty Law Center

The President of the Montgomery based Southern Poverty Law Center, Richard Cohen, announced that he is resigning amidst a growing scandal and allegations surrounding the nonprofit group. Cohen has been with the group since 1986. The LA Times obtained an email to staff from Cohen in which he announced: “Whatever problems exist at the SPLC … Continued
March 23, 2019

Former Gov. Bentley to attend Ivey inauguration and gala

Former Gov. Robert Bentley received an invitation to Gov. Kay Ivey’s inauguration ceremony and the formal party that follows later in the evening, according to a source close to both Bentley and Ivey. “Not only is he going to the inauguration, he has dusted off his tuxedo for the big gala,” said sources in the … Continued
January 12, 2019

Ivey communications director departs Governor’s Office

Gov. Kay Ivey’s communications director is leaving the Governor’s Office for a job in the private sector. Joshua Pendergrass, who has been Ivey’s communications director since shortly after she took office in April 2017, resigned his position in the Governor’s Office last week. “Serving the people of Alabama as part of the Ivey administration has … Continued
July 30, 2018

Cobb campaign worker charged with violating sex offender employment rules resigns

A field director working for Democratic hopeful and former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb resigned from Cobb’s campaign Friday after being arrested Thursday and charged with violating the state’s sex offender law. Paul Littlejohn III, 55, was convicted in 1985 of the rape and sodomy of a 30-year-old woman, according to Alabama Law … Continued
May 14, 2018

The most important decision our government will make: Who will be our next state superintendent of education

The Legislative Session has come to an end, but legislators won’t be the ones making the most important decision our government will make this year. The State Board of Education will make that decision in April when they choose our next State Superintendent of Education. For all of the high-profile issues that have been raised … Continued
March 30, 2018

Bentley appointees trick lawmakers into passing dangerous ethics, economic development bill

By Bill Britt  Alabama Political Reporter The passage of HB317 by the Alabama House of Representatives could easily be labeled legislation by deception. Not that lawmakers were lying, but rather they were on the receiving end of a lie. In a press statement on Thursday, appointed Attorney General Steve Marshall inadvertently confirmed how he and … Continued
March 9, 2018