The Alabama charter school law is an absolute mess, filled with loopholes and nonexistent instructions that make it possible, if not likely, that the state will...
Loopholes within the Equal Pay Act of 1963 that allow discrimination in pay due to gender would be no more if Alabama Sen. Doug Jones’ Paycheck...
If the findings of a special grand jury empaneled to hear allegations of wrongdoings against former Gov. Robert Bentley and his cronies sound familiar, it should....
The kids are right That’s what makes the current gun debate, led by the teenage survivors of the Parkland school shooting, so vitriolic. The kids are...
A new law establishing a class of individuals known as economic development professionals opens the door for profit-driven incentives paid with taxpayer funds to vaguely described,...
A substitute to controversial economic development House Bill 317 was written over the weekend. Individuals with knowledge of the substitute legislation say it amends some of...
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Controversy still clings to HB317, also known as The Alabama Jobs Enhancement Act, despite the substitute added Tuesday that, at...
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter When the Alabama Republican Party swept into power during the November 2010 elections, they promised us change. In his book,...
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Here’s a little-known fact: The Alabama Ethics Commission is not governed by the laws it is charged with enforcing. That...
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—A lottery bill sponsored by Sen. Jim McClendon (R-Springville) is drawing fire from the Poarch Band of Creek Indians (PCI)...
