Opinion & Policy

Special to the News   Gov. Kay Ivey announced Tuesday that Innovate Alabama is set to receive nearly $98 million to continue its support of Alabama small businesses, fueling the state’s powerful ecosystem of entrepreneurs. The dual-component program, LendAL and InvestAL, will finance loan and venture capital initiatives intended to enhance lender and investor confidence…

After writing 150 opinion pieces for “The Coosa County News,” I find that it is becoming more and more difficult to come up with new ideas to fill the spaces on a weekly basis. I am basically tapped out for new information. For now, I am forced to recognize this as my last piece for…

Special to the News   On Monday Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall applauded the U.S. Supreme Court order in State of Alabama v. Marcus Bernard Williams. Williams confessed to the 1996 brutal murder and rape of Melanie Rowell of St. Clair County and received the death penalty. Later in his appeals, Williams argued that he was abused as…

Many of the founding fathers were opposed to the formation of a central banking system; the fact that England tried to put the American colonies under the monetary control of the Bank of England was seen by many as the “last straw” of oppression, which then eventually led to the American Revolutionary War. However, in…

Special to the News   Attorney General Steve Marshall announced the conviction of a St. Clair County man on multiple counts of possession of child pornography with intent to disseminate and transmitting obscene matter. Terry DeWayne Herring, 28, of Pell City, pleaded guilty Monday in St. Clair County Circuit Court to five counts of possession of obscene matter…

  The president finally decided after almost four years that he could issue some type of regulations on illegal immigrants crossing our borders. Not an Executive Order, but a “proclamation” was issued to put supposed stricter controls on how many and who could come into our country under an asylum status. The problem is that…

  As I said in last week’s column, today marks the eightieth anniversary of D-Day on June 6, 1944 – the beginning of the end of World War II. God bless our own Joe Collins and the few remaining veterans of that war. Predictions are that this will be the last year that veterans of…

Special to the News   U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville joined a bipartisan Senate delegation traveling to Normandy, France, to mark the eightieth anniversary of the D-Day invasion by the Allied forces during World War II. Tuberville’s father, Charles Tuberville, was one of the brave soldiers who landed and fought on Utah beach on June 6, 1944. On…

Special to the News   On Wednesday Gov. Kay Ivey released a video message to honor the eightieth anniversary of D-Day, paying tribute to the bravery and sacrifice of those who fought on June 6, 1944. A poignant reminder of the valor and sacrifices of the Greatest Generation, Ivey reflects on the courage of the servicemembers and…

  “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.” Now that a jury has convicted Donald Trump of 34 felonies involving falsification of his business records, he is now barred from possessing or buying any firearms.…