The sadly predictable state rankings that were released last week by USNews shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone who’s been following Alabama politics. Of course, Alabama was ranked the 49th worst state. Perhaps, the only surprise was that Mississippi leap-frogged Alabama on the list. The blame for this pathetic showing rests squarely on the […]

In Alabama, there are still hundreds of thousands of people who fall into a huge health care gap. They’re working, struggling and poor, but they make just a little too much to qualify for Medicaid, yet they can’t afford any other type of health insurance. Their primary care provider is usually a highly expensive emergency […]

AL HB 265, The Gun Violence Protective Order Act, sponsored by State Rep. Merika Coleman, is the kind of a no-brainer, sensible legislation that Alabama should have had on the books years ago to prevent people who are an imminent danger to themselves or others from owning firearms. Yet, the Second Amendment extremists are up […]

If there’s one unifying mantra among Alabama Republicans, it’s that they absolutely hate the idea of the federal government ever telling the state what it can or can’t do. In fact, they’ve built their whole myopic platform and individual careers on the defiant and cynical concept of “We dare defend our rights”. Yet, the epitome […]

On March 12th, 2019, Governor Kay Ivey signed Alabama gas tax hike into law. The law increases by ten cents per gallon the tax on fuel. As of today, the tax is 18 cents per gallon of gasoline and 19 cents per gallon of diesel. Therefore, this new tax increases by more than 50% the […]

Breathe. Just breathe. Inhale. Exhale. Repeat. Words that have no meaning to those lives lost to guns. Senseless gun deaths. Babies. Future generations of babies. Moms. Dads. Brothers. Sisters. Neighbors. Gone. In February, the U.S. House of Representatives passed major gun safety legislation for the first time in more than two decades. Yes, you read […]

With Redstone Arsenal, NASA, and many Biotech- and IT- start-ups, the Huntsville area presents with one of the highest density of Ph. D’s. per inhabitant in the country, an evidence of strong cultural, technological and scientific development. As a matter of fact, science is not only about knowledge, it is about creating technologies and eventually […]

Democrat Terry Jones needs your support in his run for HD21. Here are the important dates in his election. If you’d like to get involved with this campaign – or others in 2018 – click on Get Involved at the top of the page and complete the form.

“So let’s say you commit a felony— you mess with your car’s odometer. You get caught, convicted, and received a sentence/probation. After you served your time, you want to apply for clemency. Thanks to Rick Scott: First, you must wait 5-7 years just to apply. Then, you must wait for a decade-long backlog. Then, you […]

Thank you to the many who came to training and spent time at the polls Tuesday. The training provided by the Doug Jones campaign was very different and we’ll use what we learned in future trainings. Poll watchers are always needed during elections to ensure the voting process is fair to all. Poll watchers represent […]