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Group calls for transparency from Huntsville Police Department

Citizens Coalition for Justice Reform says the department needs to honor requests for data.
May 18, 2022

Gas tax takes effect Sept. 1.

Sherwood Sparks sure would like to see some of Alabama’s new gas tax increase, set to hit the pumps on Sept. 1,  go toward improving safety on the roads leading to his hometown of Piedmont.  “Paying the tax doesn’t bother me,” Sparks said. “As long as I can see some results from my taxes for … Continued
August 15, 2019

We deserve the whole story: Investigate the investigators

It is fitting that last week, now-former Special Counsel Robert Mueller announced his resignation and returned to private life and his shuttering the office of the Special Counsel. Just the day before his announcement, I filed a bill to get some real transparency from those who undertook this costly, wasteful and pointless investigation and to … Continued
June 3, 2019

No surprise at all: Lawmakers are already trying to get their hands on gas tax money

Two months. That’s how long it took for Alabama politicians to break all of those oh-so-sincere promises to you about the gas tax. Two months ago, when the Legislature was debating this 10-cent gas tax increase — the one that can be increased another penny for years to come — there was one often-repeated promise … Continued
May 14, 2019