There is already a fix to clarify and strengthen the ethics laws
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Before then Attorney General Luther Strange took his ill-fated appointment to the U.S. Senate, his office prepared legislation to clarify and strengthen...
View ArticleBCA’s Canary linked to lobbying firm partnership
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Documents recently uncovered by the Alabama Political Reporter appear to show that Business Council of Alabama (BCA) C.E.O. Billy Canary has personally profited...
View ArticleOpinion | Is HB317 a return to the orgy of greed and corruption?
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter At least it seemed for a moment that the cancer eating away at Alabama’s state government was in remission. The rise of Gov. Kay Ivey and Speaker Mac McCutcheon...
View ArticleAnalysis | Gov. Ivey’s campaign kick off solid, steady, shocking
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter When Alabama’s Governor Kay Ivey took the stage at the Montgomery Renaissance Tuesday night to kick-off her campaign for governor, she was buoyant, charming and...
View ArticleOpinion | Prison healthcare contract could be a fool’s errand
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Whether through ignorance, graft or just an unwillingness to look past the second ripple in the pond, the state’s current plan to address the prison healthcare...
View ArticleProposed ethics law revisions offer promising first steps
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter At first glance, an omnibus ethics bill sponsored by Senate President Pro Tempore Del Marsh, R-Anniston, is a beast of a bill by Alabama standards, but it may...
View ArticleOpinion | New ethics reforms are born to die
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Long-awaited legislation to strengthen and clarify existing ethics laws is being sponsored by Senate President Pro Tempore Del Marsh, R-Anniston. Senate Bill...
View ArticleOpinion | Notes on a theme: Nonsense
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Mammoth prison spending contract headed to contract review The State of Alabama is entering into a contract to pay Wexford Health Sources Inc., nearly $400...
View ArticleOpinion | Crusaders against payday lenders sink to new low
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter When well-intentioned organizations host speakers whose goal is to tar a particular individual or business, it dirties the good works mission of the group and...
View ArticleOpinion | Piecemeal approach to ethics reform continues, and it’s questionable
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Two bills designed to dramatically alter current ethics laws were approved by the House Ethics Committee last week. As introduced in the House, HB387, sponsored...
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