Legislature faces scrutiny: Are they serving all or just a few?
These legislative actions raise fundamental questions about the role and direction of Alabama's state government.
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Moore’s campaign finances under scrutiny for unusual expenditure patterns
Records show Moore's campaign disbursed $20,000 to a business owned by his cousin.
Alabama medical cannabis license process under legal scrutiny: Judge denies TRO
The ruling allows the commission to proceed with its planned meeting and licensing process.
Alabama’s labor crisis under scrutiny by House Commission amid record growth
Although Alabama boasts the seventh lowest unemployment rate nationally, its labor force participation lingers at 57.2 percent.
October 31, 2023
Merrill to run for Senate
Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill announced Tuesday on the state capitol steps that he would run for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in 2020. “This is not something that I have pursued,” Merrill said. “This is something that pursued me.” Merrill said people have come to him and said, “We need to have … Continued
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See recent postsPolice are not above public scrutiny
Why are police above public scrutiny? That seems to be a relatively new thing in this country, and it is a particular problem in Alabama — this notion that the general public has no right to even question a police officer’s actions. We’re hiding body cam footage. There are very few regular citizens on cities’ … Continued
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See recent postsShouldn’t we hope Bellefonte, Haney succeed?
Maybe Franklin Haney really can get the Bellefonte Nuclear Plant up and running, putting thousands to work in one of Alabama’s poorest counties and creating a success story out of a perpetual failure. Maybe. Or maybe he can’t. Maybe the facility continues to sit like an eyesore along Hwy 72 in Hollywood — just the … Continued
House sends economic developer bill to governor’s desk
Just before ending this year’s legislative session, the Alabama House of Representatives voted to send a controversial economic development bill — one that would exempt a large group of “economic development professionals” from having to register as lobbyists — to Gov. Kay Ivey’s desk. By a vote of 52 to 22 with a large contingency … Continued
Recent school shooting proves Montgomery’s fragility
By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter For the city of Ferguson, Mo., it wasn’t the shooting of Michael Brown that caused widespread rioting and looting and brought scrutiny from the Department of Justice; Brown’s death Ferguson, Mo., it wasn’t the shooting of Michael – later ruled a justifiable shooting – was simply the spark that … Continued
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See recent postsAlabama Supreme Court’s Actions: Justice or Machiavellian Scheme
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter The Judicial Inquiry Commission (JIC) and several justices on the Alabama Supreme Court are attempting, it appears, to avoid further unwanted scrutiny of their conduct in the case against Chief Justice Roy Moore. The Commission, commonly referred to as the JIC, is hoping to steer clear of another growing … Continued