Opinion — Page 44

A bomb was detonated outside of Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall's Montgomery office at a time when the state was under the disingenuous scrutiny of the local and national media

Dishonest media is hurting people on purpose

A weekend of stupid talk dominated the discussion over the issue of last week's ruling that put in vitro fertilization treatments in the state of Alabama in question even though that issue is being resolved

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and 256 Today CEO Mecca Musick take you through Alabama’s biggest political stories.

A sad end to Eli Gold's legacy

State Senator Tim Melson of Florence has introduced a bill to allow in vitro fertilization clinics to operate in the state of Alabama, not that they had to stop

Lawmakers already working to fix Alabama's IVF issues

Fallout from Alabama Supreme Court ruling on embryos begins with national media drooling at the idea of having another issue to tie to abortion, Alabama Democrats declaring that you need to vote in "#Rovember"(?) and the University of Alabama at Birmingham declaring their fertility clinic closed and telling people to stop taking their medication

Who could have foreseen this coming?

As Alabama's Most Trusted Journalist mentioned this weekend, the votes do not exist to push the current incarnation of the comprehensive gambling bill the Alabama State House passed last week

President Joe Biden is now considering taking action on the border with Mexico and this signifies a pretty big shift from the "the border is secure" rhetoric of the last three years and the "I can't do anything rhetoric of the last month."

It’s easy for the public to dismiss public servants and declare ‘they’re all the same.’ That’s simply not true. Alabama lost one of its more distinguished legislators on Sunday. Senator Jack Biddle III of Gardendale died at the age of 94. Jack was a mentor, a dear friend, and, quite possibly, the most genuine person […]

Gambling proponents are out of good ideas

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey is on board the gambling train, polishing the roulette wheel, rolling the dice, and shuffling the cards, with has a message for those who think this is a bad bill or oppose it for other reasons, "You don't have to gamble" which is an angle abortion fanatic would love to try

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and 256 Today CEO Mecca Musick take you through Alabama’s biggest political stories.

Two gambling bills have now passed the Alabama State House, one is a constitutional amendment on the "statewide education lottery, traditional raffles and bingo, casino-style gaming, and sports wagering" while the other lays out how gambling would work (with an amnesty for lawbreakers) and how the money would be spent

The president proved he cared more about hurting a Republican controlled state than he did about national security.

Alabama House committee passes comprehensive gambling on a voice vote, but Rep. Allen Treadaway (R-Morris) was the only one reported to have voted "no."

School choice has real momentum

The idea that President Joe Biden is anything but a terrible liar is being decimated by reality every single day, today it became clear that Biden lied about meeting with a Chinese energy company doing business with his crackheard son while he was Vice President

The Senate bill is not "America First," it is actually "America Not At All"

U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) is the latest in a long line of Republican politicians and sane humans who accurately points out, "if President [Joe] Biden isn’t mentally fit enough to stand in a courtroom, then he’s not fit to stand in the Situation Room."

Legislators might be attempting a Medicaid expansion plan in the latest comprehensive gambling bill by providing funds for the expansion even though it would require Governor Kay Ivey to expand it