State leaders

Secretary of State John Merrill was awarded the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition’s Leading Globally Matters Locally Award Tuesday during the organization’s State Leaders Summit in Washington, D.C. The award recognizes Merrill’s efforts to support U.S. diplomacy and development programs that strengthen the Alabama economy and helps keep America safe. “I am honored to be recognized … Continued

Woodland Prep is a charter school horror story — and it hasn’t even been built yet. Located in rural Washington County, Woodland Prep, which will open as a K-7 school this fall and add a grade level each year, is everything state leaders assured us could never happen under Alabama’s charter school laws. Its land … Continued

Forty-eight state leaders throughout the country were selected to partake in The Council of State Governments’ 2018 Henry Toll Fellowship, and among those leaders chosen was Alabama state Rep. Margie Wilcox, R – Mobile. The Fellowship is the nation’s top leadership development program for state government officials. Of the 48 state leaders selected by program … Continued

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter How much food and booze does it take to wash away embarrassment and shame? Is money the seductive elixir that so easily chills honest introspection, that allows our State’s leaders to dine freely on the spoils of corruption? In August, many of the State’s top leaders will embark on … Continued

By Minority Leader Rep. Craig Ford Imagine you went for nine years without a pay raise. Now imagine that, during those nine years, your boss made you start paying more for your health insurance and retirement plan. Now imagine that your boss laid-off about one out of every five of your coworkers, forcing you to … Continued

By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter All the thousands of vendors that have billed the state of Alabama for services want for Christmas is … to be paid. And, in fact, they should be. But they’re not. As Alabama Political Reporter editor Bill Britt has been reporting, a nearly $50 million software solution to the … Continued