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Opinion | The Republican Party has a problem

Greed is consuming the Republican Party. From top to bottom, state and national, today’s GOP is filled with men and women who will shirk any ideal,...

News7 days ago

Attorney paid by unnamed client to write, negotiate HB317

Is it appropriate for a lawyer working for an unidentified private client to write laws for a department of state government? Doesn’t the public have a...

Guest Columnists2 weeks ago

Opinion | Kay Ivey: One year in, serving Alabama

April 10, 2018, marks one year since I unexpectedly became governor. With only three hours’ notice I was called on to lead. The tasks at hand...

News2 weeks ago

Scott Dawson criticizes Ivey on decision to sign HB317

Friday, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed controversial HB317 into law. GOP gubernatorial primary opponent Scott Dawson reacted to Ivey’s signing of House Bill 317. “After decades...

Bill Britt3 weeks ago

Will Gov. Ivey unmuzzle Hart and Albritton?

Despite the Ivey Administration’s push to pass questionable ethics-busting bill HB317 or her public praise for its passage, the governor is now being counseled not to...

News4 weeks ago

House sends economic developer bill to governor’s desk

Just before ending this year’s legislative session, the Alabama House of Representatives voted to send a controversial economic development bill — one that would exempt a...

News4 weeks ago

Democrat Mayor Walt Maddox sees what lawmakers and governor can’t

Politicos across the state are recognizing that the state’s Republican leadership is endangering their legacy by passing legislation to weaken current ethics statutes. Gubernatorial candidate Tuscaloosa...

Bill Britt4 weeks ago

Opinion | Prevaricators fool Senate lawmakers again

In a stunningly shrewd move orchestrated by attorneys and lobbyists representing a tiny group of shadowy special interest lawmakers, on Tuesday, eliminated the part-time provision that...

News4 weeks ago

Senate delays vote on economic developer bill after negotiations

A controversial bill that would exempt a class of “economic development professionals” from having to register with the state as lobbyists appears to have made it...

Josh Moon4 weeks ago

Opinion | Is leadership in the Alabama Legislature planning a bait-and-switch on HB317?

The wall is crumbling. Last week, a small group of senators held firm against an ethics bill, HB317, that would, among other things, exclude full-time and...

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Opinion | The Republican Party has a problem

Attorney paid by unnamed client to write, negotiate HB317

Opinion | Kay Ivey: One year in, serving Alabama

Scott Dawson criticizes Ivey on decision to sign HB317

Will Gov. Ivey unmuzzle Hart and Albritton?

House sends economic developer bill to governor’s desk

Democrat Mayor Walt Maddox sees what lawmakers and governor can’t

Opinion | Prevaricators fool Senate lawmakers again

Senate delays vote on economic developer bill after negotiations

Opinion | Is leadership in the Alabama Legislature planning a bait-and-switch on HB317?

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