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Courts

Cannabis licenses on hold as court weighs claim of Open Meetings Act violation

AMCC attorney William Webster threatened to air applicants' "dirty laundry" by foregoing executive session entirely if the court finds in favor of the plaintiffs.

Jacob Holmes

August 18, 2023

“We’re not back at square one.” Federal court refuses to relitigate Section Two violation

Republicans in the state Legislature reportedly crafted the new map with the intent of once again provoking a U.S. Supreme Court challenge.

Jacob Holmes

August 3, 2023

Report details racial discrimination, violation of human rights in Southern prisons

The report describes the widespread, disparate harms resulting from the arrests, harsh prison sentences, and incarceration on Black communities.

Jacob Holmes

July 18, 2022

Report: Mo Brooks failed to disclose personal stock sales

Brooks sold up to $50,000 in a vaccine-maker's stock and didn't report the sale for nearly two months.

Josh Moon

October 20, 2021

This day in 1955, Rosa Parks changed history

The world will long remember Parks's courage in the face of injustice.

December 1, 2020

Opinion

Gov. Kay Ivey didn’t cave

Ivey stood her ground on Wednesday, refusing to cave to those who want to end the mask order.

Bill Britt

October 1, 2020

Prison reform, construction package expected before end of session

A wide-ranging package of bills aimed at prison reform is expected to drop in the Alabama Legislature in the next few weeks, the chairman of the Senate’s judiciary committee tells the Alabama Political Reporter. The legislative package includes sentencing reforms, oversight legislation, reporting requirements and a new prison construction plan. The package, when it is … Continued

Chip Brownlee

April 29, 2019

Alabama executes Muslim inmate after Supreme Court overturns stay

Alabama performed its first execution of 2019 following a legal back and forth over whether the inmate could be put to death without a chaplain of his faith in the chamber. The state executed Dominque Ray, a Muslim inmate who had appealed to federal courts after the state refused to allow an imam to be … Continued

Chip Brownlee

February 8, 2019

Ethics Commission asked to rehear questionable opinion

Ignoring the objections of the Secretary of State’s Office on Oct. 3, the Alabama Ethics Commission issued Advisory Opinion No. 2018-11, which gives the Commission power to reduce violations of the State’s Fair Campaign Practices Act by a mere vote of the Commission. According to Secretary of State John Merrill’s Office, “The issue involved in … Continued

Bill Britt

October 30, 2018

Opinion

2017 Steve Marshall vs. 2018 Steve Marshall

2017 Steve Marshall would really hate 2018 Steve Marshall. Do you remember 2017 Steve Marshall? That fresh-faced guy who rolled into Montgomery, appointed by Robert Bentley, and swearing to follow the law and exhibit ethics and morals and junk? He wasn’t going to compromise himself or operate a quid pro quo AG’s office. And the … Continued

Josh Moon

October 10, 2018