We Are Not All Alike
By Terry Lathan Chairman, Alabama Republican Party Remember that time the Republicans in the Alabama Legislature accomplished these reforms? • Saved $1 billion annually by slashing government...
View ArticleState Seeks Restitution From Disgraced Speaker Hubbard
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—In a Supplemental Brief in support of a sentencing recommendation filed Friday, the State is asking that disgraced former Speaker Mike Hubbard be...
View ArticleStrange bedfellows: Big Luther hires associate of felon Hubbard
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Alabama Attorney General, Luther Strange, sent a statewide press release officially announcing his run for the US Senate. The announcement was hardly a surprise...
View ArticleAPR’s Top 5 Under-reported stories of 2016
By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Over the past year, APR has broken a number of prominent, statewide stories. While many of those have been picked up by other news outlets – some of them lifted...
View ArticleHubbard has until April 26 to file written brief for his appeals trial
By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY — Gov. Robert Bentley’s alleged ethics violations might be all over the news right now, but former House Speaker Mike Hubbard’s ethics convictions...
View ArticleState responds to Hubbard appeal: “Hubbard sold his office to benefit himself”
By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter Former House Speaker Mike Hubbard – facing four years in a State penitentiary – is another step closer to finding out if he will actually serve that...
View ArticleDoes a pariah deserve even a Pyrrhic victory?
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter A recent issue of “The Business Advocate,” a publication which is a part of the Business Council of Alabama, features a full-page photo of Chairman Billy Canary...
View ArticlePolitical fortunes come and go
By Steve Flowers Inside the State House Now that the dust has settled from the Republican Senate primary, we can focus on the much-anticipated 2018 elections. Kay Ivey is definitely running for...
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King leads April fundraising, but elites allied with Canary double down on...
In what may be the most consequential political race of 2018, interim Attorney General Steve Marshall was bested in fundraising in April. According to the latest campaign finance reports, former...
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Opinion | The last refuge of a scoundrel
The Republican Party nationally and especially here in Alabama prides itself on its patriotism. But what is patriotism? Noted English scholar Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), best known for “A...
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