Posts by Dale Jackson — Page 101
Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and political consultant Mecca Musick take you through Alabama’s biggest political stories
7. Huntsville sky bridge is never happening Huntsville city is looking to gain some federal funding to build a sky bridge for pedestrians that would stretch over Memorial Parkway. This is a proposal that has come up in the past, but there hasn’t been funding granted for the project before. The bridge would be 6,000 […]
President Joe Biden has now asked the intelligence community to look back into the theory that the coronavirus could’ve originated in a lab in China, saying they need to “redouble” efforts to gather data so there will be a more “definitive conclusion” on where the virus came from.
There were protests across Alabama and across the country and across the nation yesterday to mark the one-year anniversary of George Floyd's death
Marshall expressed hope that the legislature would clear up this matter, either by legitimizing these casinos or affirming they are gangster casinos, which they did not.
New polling data from Hill-HarrisX suggests that President Joe Biden’s current approval rating is at 60%
Many argued that the coronavirus pandemic was created in a lab in Wuhan, China and now we are learning that people in that lab fell ill before the pandemic started
Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and political consultant Mecca Musick take you through Alabama’s biggest political stories
7. Ivey signed the yoga bill; Literacy Act delay still out there It’s now legal for schools to allow yoga after Governor Kay Ivey has signed the bill that ends the ban that was adopted by the State Board of Education in 1993. Schools can start offering yoga in the 2021-2022 school year. Interestingly, Governor […]
With a special session expected, the chairwoman and CEO of the Poarch Creek's isn't giving up on a comprehensive gambling deal yet
In Alabama, the rate of people getting vaccinated against the coronavirus has fallen with 35.2% of adults in the state fully vaccinated
It is imperative that Governor Kay Ivey veto the delay of the Alabama Literacy Act and let it's intended purpose take hold.
Governor Kay Ivey has announced that she’s signed the legislation to legalize medical marijuana in Alabama. Medical marijuana won’t be available until 2022
House Speaker Mac McCutcheon (R-Monrovia) has confirmed that both lottery and gambling won’t come up on the House floor today
Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and political consultant Mecca Musick take you through Alabama’s biggest political stories
7. 150 Republicans emerge and embarrass themselves again Since the first day Donald Trump came down the escalator, the American media and their Democrats touted the “courageous Republicans” who would abandon the party over the former president. With U.S. Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY) losing her leadership post, those same people are leaving the party again, […]
the media is right to want accountability for the riots at the U.S. Capitol, but it isn't the acts of violence they want to be punished, they are punishing wrong think
With the pipeline shut down and panic buying, the average national gas price has now reached $3 for the first time since 2014.
Governor Kay Ivey is urging people to stop panic buying as this could result in even more issues
The $300 per week additional unemployment benefits from the federal government will no longer be given to people in Alabama starting on June 19
In the Alabama legislature, there’s only one day left in the session, but there are still a number of bills that are awaiting a final decision. While it seems unlikely that the gambling bill will have a future this session, it is technically still in play
Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and political consultant Mecca Musick take you through Alabama’s biggest political stories
Gambling failed to get passed again. No lottery… no casinos… no sports betting. No gambling in Alaba… wait a minute. There is still gambling in Alabama, and the current attorney general believes they are operating illegally. The legislation that was recently attempted in the Alabama State House even lays it out:
The Alabama House of Representatives has still failed to pass a piece of gambling legislation for another sessions and it doesn't look good for legislation after a bill from the U.S. Senate failed to gain traction.