Expanding Medicaid and ending the state sales tax on groceries will remain top goals on Alabama Arise’s legislative agenda. BY CHRIS SANDERS Expanding Medicaid and ending the state sales tax…
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Bill would require unanimous jury for death penalty
Bill would require unanimous jury for death penalty — and apply retroactively Rep. Chris England’s bill would also apply in cases of judicial override, which the Legislature ended in 2017.…
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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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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…
View More Analysis | Alabama Legislature considered most conservative in U.S.Mo Brooks confirms “MAGA Mo” was a major fraud
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 fraudOpinion | Alabama’s archaic voting laws hurt us all
Other states enjoy a variety of voting options, such as early voting and mail ballots, but Alabamians go without. By Josh Moon Nearly two-thirds of eligible Alabama voters sat at…
View More Opinion | Alabama’s archaic voting laws hurt us allBlack Voters and The Republican Party
Black Voters and The Republican Party; The Content of One’s Character. Those who follow my columns know I have been and am extremely critical of the Republican Party’s and the…
View More Black Voters and The Republican PartyJoe Reed: To survive, the Alabama Democratic Party
Joe Reed: To survive, the Alabama Democratic Party needs youth and white people Reed said the party has to do a better job of explaining to white voters that it…
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