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Opinion | Why is John Wahl using an alias on sworn state documents?

Alabama GOP Chair John Wahl signs official filings with an alias, not his legal name, Nehemiah Ezekiel Wahl — in a state that champions...

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Read Freely celebrates legislative wins as bill to criminalize librarians dies

A bill that would allow for more local government control of library boards also failed to gain any traction during the session.

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Opinion | Alabama’s prisons are awful, expensive, ineffective and counterproductive

Alabama operates one of the worst prison systems in the world — for no apparent reason, other than we just like cruelty.

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PARCA: Jefferson County overdose deaths dropped in 2024

Alabama's largest county saw a decrease in overdose deaths when utilizing targeted risk reduction strategies.

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Opinion | Kay Ivey doesn’t bluff, doesn’t blink, and doesn’t back down

Alabama’s governor governs with quiet force, moving policy with conviction — on veterans, education, and public safety — while others posture.

2 days ago

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Opinion | This isn’t backing the blue

If Alabama really wants to back the blue, it would help the good cops get rid of the bad ones.

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Moms for Liberty calls for APLS board to help get librarians fired

Moms for Liberty of Madison County is urging the Alabama Public Library Service to develop a policy to terminate noncompliant librarians.

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Opinion | War comes to America

One very strange incident happened 80 years ago in Bly, Oregon when a Sunday school teacher and her students were killed in the woods...

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Opinion | Harvard’s hotbed of antisemitic hatred must be ended

While I think President Trump’s pressure campaign can begin to tame the Woke Wild West at Harvard, we must begin fighting a two-front war.

5 days ago
A weary Alabama worker trudges forward under the crushing weight of policy failures—overtime tax increases, business closures, school funding cuts, and lost gambling revenue—while distant lawmakers and special interests look on in silence. A weary Alabama worker trudges forward under the crushing weight of policy failures—overtime tax increases, business closures, school funding cuts, and lost gambling revenue—while distant lawmakers and special interests look on in silence.

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Opinion | It was a terrible session for the masses, if you care about that sort of thing

The collection of unpopular actions by the legislature in this session is possibly unprecedented. The question is will lawmakers pay a price.

6 days ago

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Opinion | Failure to extend overtime tax takes money out of taxpayer pockets

Why would the Alabama Legislature choose to allow a tax exemption that has done so much good for the state and its people to...

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