Alabama’s low rankings don’t tell the whole story
You’ve seen the clickbait lists. They’re a dime a dozen. They rank each state by some category,...
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Author: Jeff Poor
Tommy Tuberville’s secret sauce
MADISON – It’s 8:05 a.m. at Earth and Stone Wood Fired Pizza on a Saturday. A few more people than...
Read More Bradley Byrne’s quest for political redemption
FLORENCE – It’s 11:30 a.m. on a Saturday. There are about 50 people gathered to hear U.S. Rep....
Read More In Alabama, we deserved to get an abortion ban
Yes, it will likely be found to be unconstitutional by lower federal courts. Yes, it will probably...
Read More A view on the Bayway toll from 350 miles away
Alabama politics has always been geographically tribal. For some folks in Birmingham and...
Read More What happens when there are only six? The 2020 Census may yield bad news for Alabama.
As of now, most projections suggest the state will lose a congressional seat after reapportionment...
Read More Fixing prisons is a conservative issue
The year was 1942. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the New York Yankees in five games to win the...
Read More Come for the lottery bill, stay for the referendum
The Alabama Senate passed a lottery bill last week by a 21 – 12 margin. Now the future of a...
Read More Ten political issues that need to go away in 2019
Lately the Alabama political landscape has been inundated with topics that no matter how much...
Read More Plastic bag tax proposal a bad idea, for any reason
Welcome to the era of one-party rule. Right out of the gate in this year’s legislative session,...
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