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The UAW is a multi-level marketing scheme selling empty promises

It’s time to let Alabama’s auto workers know what the people of Gadsden know.

April 8, 2024

Plaintiffs alleging prison labor scheme ask court to enforce parole guidelines

Since 2019, granted paroles have plummeted to under 10 percent of applicants being released.

December 22, 2023

Alabama congressmen react to Biden’s Build Back Better Act

The act would create universal preschool for all 3- and 4-year olds and provide numerous expansions of the social safety net.

November 22, 2021

Montgomery educator pleads guilty, implicates two others in $300K fraud scheme

A federal plea agreement entered by a former Montgomery County assistant principal on Tuesday provided details of a fraud scheme that allegedly bilked the school system out of more than $300,000. Walter James, who served as assistant principal at Jeff Davis High in Montgomery, pleaded guilty to wire fraud charges for his part in a … Continued

August 19, 2020

Alabama isn’t unique. “Fake news” is a problem here, too.

So much of what we read every day is wrong and even dangerous. Russian social media manipulation has been well documented, but in Alabama, we’ve had our own issues. One needn’t look much further than Project Birmingham, the social media manipulation scheme launched during the 2017 Senate Special Election. It heavily resembled Russian tactics. While … Continued

September 20, 2019

Department head claims no prior relationship with man who received nearly million dollar education contract

Three years ago, a former governor, a powerful association head, a lawmaker and a lobbyist organized a plan to take over Alabama’s education system according to those involved. It failed, but the seeds of that scheme, as well as most of the players, are still in place and at least some of those same individuals … Continued

September 20, 2019

Two men indicted for fake invoice scheme against Birmingham Water Works Board

A federal grand jury indicted two men Thursday on charges of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Jerry Jones, former vice president of Birmingham engineering and consulting firm Arcadis, and Mount Vernon Mayor Terry Williams were indicted for conspiring between December 2014 and January 2016 to create false invoices and submitting them for … Continued

May 31, 2019

DNC calls out Worley, says she’s wasting money that Alabama Dems don’t have

The Democratic National Committee has had just about enough of Nancy Worley and Joe Reed. A scathing email sent Monday from Harold Ickes and Yvette Lewis, the co-chairs of the DNC’s credentials committee, lays out a litany of missteps, wasted money, outright lies and what appears to be a long-term scheme perpetrated by Worley and … Continued

April 3, 2019

Bentley to face Collier in unlawful termination trial

A breaking news story published by APR on March 1, 2016, exposed Gov. Robert Bentley’s attempt to cover up the firing of Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Secretary Spencer Collier. Nearly three years to the day after the Monday Massacre, Collier will have his day in court. Monday Massacre at ALEA Montgomery Circuit Judge Greg Griffin has … Continued

November 27, 2018