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Opinion

Mike Hubbard is still scheming to help himself. That’s who he is

No matter the costs. No matter the friendships lost. No matter the ethical lines crossed. Mike Hubbard will protect Mike Hubbard.

Josh Moon

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November 17, 2021

Opinion

Open letter to AG Steve Marshall and all district attorneys of Alabama

It is important to all sports fans and families that during this time of emergency that price gouging should not be tolerated.

Tim Wadsworth and Ed Oliver

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October 5, 2020

Auburn quietly renames building honoring Mike Hubbard

Quietly and without notice, Auburn University renamed the building on its campus named in honor of convicted felon and former Republican Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard four years after a jury found him guilty of criminal violations of the state’s ethics code. The notification came to APR a day after it published a column … Continued

Bill Britt

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September 3, 2020

Denied: Mike Hubbard has 15 days to report to prison

Mike Hubbard is going to prison. The Alabama Supreme Court on Friday announced it had officially denied the former House speaker’s request for a rehearing — a decision that surprised only in the fact that it took five months to be issued — and the Alabama Attorney General’s Office said Hubbard now has 15 days … Continued

Josh Moon

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August 28, 2020

Etowah County Sheriff Todd Entrekin, vilified in the press, is exonerated

He was accused of cheating prisoners, sexually molesting an underage girl and violations of the ethics statutes, but none of it was true. But as a result of press-innuendo, lies and trumped-up charges, Etowah County Sheriff Todd Entrekin lost his reelection bid in 2018. A piece by al.com in 2018, cast Entrekin as a villain … Continued

Bill Britt

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December 23, 2019

Opinion

In the end, the cowards will not win

It’s the cowardice that should bother us most. There is undoubtedly lots of things to hate about the ongoing Donald Trump catastrophe in our nation’s highest office, but the single most troubling aspect of it all is the absolute fear that seems to have a stranglehold on so many people who could stop Trump’s most … Continued

Josh Moon

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October 17, 2019

Opinion

Three reasons why Alabama should stand up to the Freedom from Religion Foundation

An atheist group from Wisconsin has implicitly or directly threatened to sue more than 40 Alabama school systems, local governments, and elected officials during recent years over what they claim are violations of the constitution’s ban on the establishment of religion. The organization, called the Freedom from Religion Foundation, is often successful. Many give in … Continued

J. Pepper Bryars

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March 26, 2019

Opinion

Want to fight public corruption? Start with the Alabama Ethics Commission

What can I do? That question has come to me more than a few times since I wrote Monday that the last line of defense between the public and political corruption are the people — an informed, active, engaged people. To be fair, it’s awful easy to sit behind a keyboard and say everyone should … Continued

Josh Moon

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December 12, 2018

ADOC could be held in contempt for failing to meet mental health staffing requirements

The Alabama Department of Corrections could be held in more legal peril for failing to meet multiple deadlines for required mental health staffing in Alabama prisons. ADOC officials are appearing Tuesday at a contempt hearing before U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson. The hearing, which comes nearly 10 months after Thompson ordered ADOC to increase mental … Continued

Chip Brownlee

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December 11, 2018