Tommy Bice

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Selecting the next State Superintendent of the Department of Education is playing out with Machiavellian intrigue, as an ethics complaint filed against Dr. Craig Pouncey, a candidate for superintendent, emerged to cloud the proceedings. Allegations made anonymously include falsifying authorship of his Doctoral Dissertation and a wide-range of conspiracies. … Continued

By Larry Lee Education Matters In a strange twist of logic, apparently the chair of the House Education policy committee thinks it a crime for someone to speak out in support of public schools and said so in an email to some members of the State Board of Education. Rep. Terri Collins of Decatur chairs … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, June 10, a Lee County Jury found Mike Hubbard guilty of twelve counts of felony ethics violations. Among these is Count number ten. There, the disgraced Speaker was found guilty of, “Receiving money from a lobbyist, subordinate of a lobbyist, or principal of Edgenuity, inc. and/or E2020 … Continued

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Series: Emails on Hubbard’s Road to Perdition, Article 4 The emails below were released by the State of Alabama in February 2015, in response to Hubbard’s demand for a more defined statement of facts concerning his indictments. Other articles on emails: Article One Article Two Article Three MONTGOMERY—Court documents … Continued

By Andrew A. Yerbey Two weeks ago, Tommy Bice announced his plans to step down as Alabama’s superintendent of education. Reflecting on his tenure, Bice singled out one accomplishment with especial pride: the nearly 90 perfect graduation rate of public school students in Alabama. This is not, however, an accomplishment that should be celebrated: it … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Alabama State Board of Education (SBOE) has become a battleground between pro-Common Core and anti-Common Core forces and that was reflected in the state school board races on Tuesday, March 1. Nobody has been a more vocal opponent of Alabama’s controversial College and Career Ready Standards adopted by … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama is a Republican State. Conservative grassroots activists have engaged in relentless political organizing to grow the Republican Party from the depths of political irrelevancy to supermajorities in both House of the Alabama Legislature in just one generation. Many of those same conservative activists are now lobbying the legislature to support … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, October 16, Ken Freeman spoke to the Rainy Day Patriots at Hoover Tactical Firearms about the five amendments on the Alabama ballot. Freeman denounced Amendment Four and urged everyone to vote No on the controversial measure that would limit the legislature’s authority over education issues in the … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter In his weekly column on September 2, Alabama Republican Party Chairman Bill Armistead said that many in the State of Alabama are anxiously awaiting what the Alabama Legislature will do about Common Core, when it reconvenes next Spring. Chairman Armistead wrote, “Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal took a bold step … Continued