Put an end to the NDAs Updated Nov 30, 2022 As he does with most things, State Rep. Chris Pringle put the rampant abuse of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) by state entities very bluntly…
Party pooped — UA ‘Super House’ lightly used for entertainment or sleepovers Updated Nov 30, 2022 The $4.3 million special events house pushed through by University of Alabama Chancellor Finis St. John as a showplace to entertain and lodge …
Party pooped — UA ‘Super House’ lightly used for entertainment or sleepovers Updated Nov 30, 2022 The $4.3 million special events house pushed through by University of Alabama Chancellor Finis St. John as a showplace to entertain and lodge …
Alabama cannabis farmers look for hand up Jun 29, 2022 Antoine Mordican has a more grueling side hustle than most. In addition to being an electrical engineer, Mordican farms hemp at Native Black F…
Harassment settlement grows while UA remains silent Updated Nov 30, 2022 University of Alabama Chancellor Finis St. John’s office remains mum about whether a man accused of harassing a female employee was punished i…
UA hiring — System Office adds position, ignores guidelines Updated Nov 30, 2022 A newly created position with the University of Alabama System Office that pays $275,000 annually was advertised for just three days online, r…
UA verifies police chief’s salary was withheld Updated Nov 30, 2022 The University of Alabama verified Monday that Chief of Police John L. Hooks had his pay docked for two weeks in January, but did not disclose…
Mum’s the word — UA silent about fate of harasser Updated Nov 30, 2022 On March 18, 2021, The University of Alabama Associate Vice President for Development Bobby Prince wrote an email to 34 colleagues announcing …
Do you get what you pay for? Updated Nov 30, 2022 The theory that paying higher and higher salaries to administrators actually leads to better leadership is taking a beating at the nation’s un…
What are we getting from millionaire university leaders? Updated Nov 30, 2022 One of the things that has really struck me over the past nine months of reporting on and researching the University of Alabama in particular …
Big Bucks — COLA raises for universities’ highest paid Updated Nov 30, 2022 For most Alabamians, receiving a cost of living adjustment (COLA) pay increase at work typically bumps their annual salary up less than $1,000…
Big plans — UA ‘Super House’ to influence politicians, memos show Updated Nov 30, 2022 When he led the charge to spend $4.3 million renovating the former Bryce Superintendent’s House as a special events space, University of Alaba…
Security concerns — UA System withholds ‘Super House’ floor plan citing risk Updated Nov 30, 2022 More than 100 days after Lagniappe officially requested drawings or blueprints related to the $4.3 million renovation of the “Super House” con…
UA Trustee perks — System Office offers few details in response Updated Nov 30, 2022 The University of Alabama Chancellor’s Office claims the costs of providing police escorts featuring four motorcycle officers with sirens wail…
Creating a media dumpster fire Updated Nov 30, 2022 If I ever decide to teach a course on how not to handle media relations, what’s happening currently at the University of Alabama would provide…
Unconstitutional? — Expert says UA System agreement violates employees’ rights Updated Nov 30, 2022 Updated at 5:15 p.m. Oct. 12 to include statements from the University of Alabama Board of Trustees Is a sweeping new confidentiality agreemen…
Confidentiality breach — UA System now threatens employees with investigation Updated Nov 30, 2022 Just a few hours after a story broke about the University of Alabama System Office requiring its employees to sign a sweeping new confidential…
“Shhhhhh!” — UA System Office demands confidentiality agreement from employees Updated Nov 30, 2022 University of Alabama System Office employees were shocked to receive an email Friday afternoon requiring them to sign a confidentiality agree…
Rising Tide — National publication finds UA officials among highest paid Updated Nov 30, 2022 Fans of Crimson Tide football are used to seeing their team ranked at or near the top of every national poll. Now the same can be said of the …
RSA reviews UA employee benefits Updated Nov 30, 2022 The Retirement Systems of Alabama (RSA) says there was no “wrongdoing” on the part of the University of Alabama System or its employees regard…
Trustee talks — England says UA payouts OKed by board Updated Nov 30, 2022 A current member of the University of Alabama Board of Trustees says a $2.3 million retirement payment to former Chancellor Bob Witt in 2016 w…
UA provides big payouts for administrators Updated Nov 30, 2022 Illustration | Laura Mattei In 2012, University of Alabama President Guy Bailey resigned after fewer than 60 days on the job to take care of h…
Soft landings — UA provides big payouts for administrators Updated Nov 30, 2022 In 2012, University of Alabama President Guy Bailey resigned after fewer than 60 days on the job to take care of his ailing wife. Over the nex…
From trustee to chancellor — St. John’s rise at UA Updated Nov 30, 2022 In 2018, Finis “Fess” St. John IV was facing a looming mandatory retirement from the University of Alabama Board of Trustees after 17 years of…
