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Another report puts Alabama near the bottom. Something needs to change

"We should be ashamed of how Alabama’s most innocent citizens are suffering. And if we’re not, shame on us."

June 29, 2021

Let’s build America’s health care equipment in Alabama

This is a difficult day for all of us. New unemployment numbers released this morning, some of the worst in our nation’s history, paint a grim picture of the economic devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Millions of Americans, and many of our fellow Alabamians, are out of work through no fault of their own. … Continued

May 8, 2020

Gov. Ivey awards $2.1 million to aid elderly and disabled abuse victims

Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded $2.1 million to the state Department of Human Resources to assist elderly and disabled adults who have been abused. The grant will enable the department’s Adult Protective Services Division to provide several preventative options for victims who are suffering from abuse. “No one should ever have to be the victim … Continued

November 15, 2019

Judge dismisses suit filed by family of mentally ill man shot and killed by police

Brad McBrayer has spent the last five years thinking about the moments before a police officer shot and killed his son. Body camera footage, taken on Nov. 11, 2014, does not show all of those moments. The officers turned on their cameras only after things had escalated. In the footage, 24-year-old David Daniel McBrayer seemed … Continued

June 28, 2019

New U.S. Hunger Atlas: More than 1 in 5 Alabama children live in food-insecure homes

According to a new report by the public advocacy group Hunger Free America, 22 percent of Alabama children lived in homes that could not always afford to purchase enough food between 2015 and 2017. The Hunger Free America is based on their analysis of federal data. According to their report, 237,572 children in the state … Continued

December 6, 2018

If you think the Alabama GOP can’t sink lower, think again

“Free2be does not share the values of most Alabamians.” — Scott Dawson, Republican candidate for governor of Alabama. Scott Dawson might be right. But if he is, and if it’s true that Alabamians don’t share the values of Free2be, a group whose primary goal is to provide mental health counseling and counseling to prevent violence … Continued

May 16, 2018

It’s time to pick a side, America

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Outside of Robert E. Lee High School in Montgomery on Monday evening, a man who said he was a former history teacher and coach, shouted. A lot. His shouts were directed at another man who had come to the school to protest a statue of Lee, which stands out … Continued

August 29, 2017

Individuals and small businesses need some help

By State Rep. Tim Wadsworth Individuals and small businesses are suffering from a continual increase in taxes, fees, dues, payments, charges, levies, tolls, licenses, tariffs, regulations and anything else that requires money to come out of your pocket. The drain of the pocket book on the Alabamians has got to be reversed. What comes from … Continued

February 27, 2017

Who Will Be McCutcheon’s Wise Counsel?

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Last week, intense debate over the lottery bill roiled the Senate Chamber. The State House, especially on the fifth floor, seemed to exude a new confidence; a possibility of change. Speaker Mac McCutcheon set the tone when he said, “the days of the Imperial Speakership are over” and pledged … Continued

August 22, 2016