Inside the Statehouse: The Shorty Price Story

By Steve Flowers Alabama has had its share of what I call “run for the fun of it” candidates. The most colorful of all these...

Pineland Cemetery Bankruptcy Case Finally Ends

Back in 2014 DeArbor LLC, the Owners of Pineland Cemetery,  were forced into a bankruptcy proceeding by creditors seeking to force a liquidation of...

Can The Bibb County Airport Meet Industrial Growth Needs?

  According to a press release on Wednesday from the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce, Maxwell Air Force Base has been selected by the United...

Rapid Increase In Hospitalizations Alarm State Officials

From Alabama Daily News: Alabama is racing toward virus numbers it last saw at the peak of the pandemic, with more than 2,100 COVID-19...

Secretary of State John Merrill Challenges State Ethics Commission

Two days ago our Secretary of State John Merrill, from neighboring Tuscaloosa, delivered a guest editorial to the Alabama Political Reporter challenging the State...

Child Care is Key in Helping Parents Return to Work

By Rep. Anthony Daniels As if it wasn’t already hard enough, working parents and families in Alabama are now facing even more challenges. The federal...

Bibb School Year Begins With Public Health Policy Debate Looming

On Thursday August 5 the Bibb County Board of Education adopted a required mask policy for students, teachers, and all personnel, for the 2021-22...

Has The Republican Party Lost Its Way ?

Thomas Jefferson penned these words that survive in the United States Constitution: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,...

Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor: Please print this open letter to our state representatives,  Mr.  Greg Albritton and Mr. Russell Bedsole: Sirs: I'm writing to ask you to reconsider...

An Opinion on Confederate Monuments & History

In a ruling that will have statewide consequences the Alabama Supreme Court ruled this week that the City of Birmingham violated Alabama’s monument protection...