Opinion & Policy

Special to the News   U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined U.S. senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Jack Reed (D-RI) in cosponsoring a bipartisan resolution to designate September 2024 as National Literacy Month. According to a 2020 study in partnership with the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy, it is estimated that low levels of adult literacy could be costing America…

Special to the News Wes Allen, Alabama’s secretary of state, is encouraging qualified Alabamians to serve as poll workers for the November 5 general election. “Poll workers are essential members of the election administration team. They work hard from sun up to sun down on Election Day ensuring our elections run smoothly and efficiently. Serving…

  One of the major issues in this year’s presidential election has been the increase in grocery prices. Actually, over the past three and a half years, the price of food has gone up by some 22 percent. Thus, everyone is paying attention to how much they spend to put dinner on the table for their…

  There has not been much information out of the Secret Service Agency or the Federal Bureau of Investigation about the July 13 attempt on former President Donald Trump. But there has been a good bit of information coming out from whistleblowers from those agencies and the Homeland Security Agency. Basically, the security provided to…

Special to the News Secretary of State Wes Allen wants to remind Alabama voters that county absentee election managers must receive mail-in absentee ballot applications by Tuesday, October 29. The deadline to return an absentee ballot application in person is Thursday, October 31. Absentee ballots being returned in person must be received by the county…

Special to the News   On Monday, Sept. 2, at the request of the Auburn Police Department, special agents with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) launched an investigation into an officer‐involved shooting involving an officer with the Auburn Police Department. The Auburn Police Department responded to a call for…

  September is a month full of beginnings and endings. K-12 schools have already started while colleges and universities are just beginning to start back up. The end of summer and the beginning of fall will come this month. And this year we find ourselves in full presidential campaign mode. I think I’ve already beat…

Special to the News   On Wednesday Attorney General Steve Marshall announced the conviction of a Madison County man on possession of child pornography. Dana Wesley Coffelt, 47, of Huntsville, pleaded guilty in Madison County Circuit Court to three counts of possession of obscene matter depicting a person under the age of 17. “This heinous crime inflicts…

Special to the News   Attorney General Steve Marshall announced last Friday that former Houston County Assistant District Attorney Mark Johnson was found guilty on ethics charges after a Houston County jury returned six guilty verdicts Thursday afternoon. As a result of his six felony convictions, Johnson has been taken into custody. Throughout the four-day trial, the…

  We should all be concerned about losing our “Democracy.” But first we need to really understand exactly what that is. It is defined as “a government by the people,” “a system of government by the whole population or all eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.” It is confusing because while the…