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Education

Opinion | The million dollar contract: How education tax dollars are wasted in Alabama

Last legislative session, with good results and great PR rolling in for Alabama’s Pre-K program, the Department of Early Childhood Education received a record-breaking...

Josh MoonSeptember 17, 2019

Featured Opinion

Opinion | The water is poison and there’s no one we trust to fix it

There’s too much lead in the water in Lauderdale County. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management issued that alert on Thursday, and if ADEM...

Josh MoonSeptember 13, 2019

Legislature

Ethics Commission to rule on Burkette complaint

The Alabama Ethics Commission is expected to rule on a complaint regarding allegations that Sen. David Burkette, D-Montgomery, misused discretionary funds when he served...

Josh MoonSeptember 12, 2019

Economy

Expansion of the Port of Mobile gets the green light

Big ships are coming. On Tuesday, the Alabama State Port Authority announced that it has received federal authorization to deepen the Mobile Harbor, allowing...

Josh MoonSeptember 11, 2019

Elections

Opinion | There’s only one way to save the Alabama Democratic party: Start over

Another week, another strongly worded letter from the Democratic National Committee about the Alabama Democratic Party. On Monday, DNC chairman Tom Perez — the...

Josh MoonSeptember 10, 2019

Featured Opinion

Opinion | Pay no attention to the clown, please

The President of the United States is a clown. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know we’re supposed to have respect for the office and all...

Josh MoonSeptember 9, 2019

Elections

Opinion | Montgomery mayor’s race should be about real problems, solutions. Instead it’s about racism.

As it turns out, there wasn’t any funny business with the Montgomery municipal elections last week. Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill held a...

Josh MoonSeptember 6, 2019

Environment

Opinion | ADEM found E. Coli levels 35 times the danger level after Tyson spill. It didn’t tell anyone.

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management’s website should probably be the first clue that the department doesn’t understand its responsibility to alert the public...

Josh MoonSeptember 5, 2019