This was printed in 2020; however, I feel like sharing it again with a little editing. Let’s briefly recount the advent of Black History Month, also called African-American History Month,…
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Child Support
Child Support Letter 1 The child support enforcement laws that have been enacted in the past few years are unfair to non-custodial parents. A primary difficulty with these laws is…
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Accruing good time is currently treated as a rule that is rarely, if ever, suspended, not as a privilege. By APRIL WEAVER Bibb County Deputy Brad Johnson was a good…
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The facts of the Greg Gunn killing are well established — unless you’re an Alabama Supreme Court justice. By JOSH MOON The Alabama Supreme Court is into fiction writing. Maybe…
View More Opinion | A Supreme Court work of fictionOpinion | There’s conservative and then there’s Conservative
One is consistent, principled, and solution-oriented. The other seems hell-bent on picking fights. By DAVID PERSON One thing is crystal clear: There’s conservative … and then there’s Conservative. The two…
View More Opinion | There’s conservative and then there’s ConservativeAnalysis | Alabama Legislature considered most conservative in U.S.
The study examined over 265,000 individual votes cast by 7,400 state policymakers in 50 state legislatures. By JOHN H. GLENN A recent analysis of the votes of state lawmakers across…
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By BILL BRITT Speaking to University of Alabama college Republicans, Brooks focused his anger on Trump but spared no one from his ire. It may not come as a surprise…
View More Mo Brooks confirms “MAGA Mo” was a major fraudCHRISTMAS REFLECTIONS
Here we are, another Christmas, another gathering of family, friends, and merriment with reflecting on the birth of JESUS and the significance in ‘awe’ of its meaning (then and now). …
View More CHRISTMAS REFLECTIONSGroups urge continued expansion of Child Tax Credit
Groups urge continued expansion of Child Tax Credit, Earned Income Tax Credit Both the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Child Tax Credit were temporarily expanded by the American Rescue…
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Incarcerated man, 44, dies at St. Clair Correctional Facility BY JOHN H. GLENN The Alabama Department of Corrections identified the deceased as Kishon Green, a 44-year-old incarcerated man. A spokesperson…
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