Debate’s over — APCO’s ash ‘plan’ will pollute forever Updated 11 hrs ago Alabama Power and their cronies at ADEM will soon cue up the ranting and raving about the “liberals in DC coming down and interfering with the…
Fourth time’s the charm? Updated 11 hrs ago Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson is more than likely “not done yet." Last week, he told Lagniappe and other media he was strongly considering runni…
How badly do we want to end the grocery tax? Updated 11 hrs ago Some Democrats and a sizable portion of Republicans want to end Alabama’s tax on groceries. Columnist Jeff Poor explores how we got here.
A reality show waiting to happen in Prichard Mar 15, 2023 If anyone is looking around for a new reality TV show to produce, I can’t imagine anything better than the Prichard Water Works and Sewer Boar…
Lion or lamb? Mar 15, 2023 Surely you’ve heard the expression "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb." It’s folklore. Weather folklore may seem useful, but…
Reaganesque policies from House Democrat Leader Anthony Daniels Mar 15, 2023 Thin gruel was the best way to describe Gov. Kay Ivey's State of the State Address if you were listening for Alabama government reflecting a s…
‘Why can’t they write about the positive things in our state?’ Mar 8, 2023 Columnist Jeff Poor writes that "do-gooderism" has taken precedence over everything else in journalism, and it has become elitist and annoying.
Deal with it Mar 8, 2023 If the residents of Orange Beach don’t get the answers they are searching for, perhaps they will just “deal with it then," writes columnist As…
What was he thinking? Mar 8, 2023 Right now, even Ethics Chief Tom Albritton has to have joined the rest of the state in wondering what he was thinking, writes columnist Rob Holbert.Â
Finding fogbow Mar 1, 2023 Â Yes, a fogbow really is a thing, and it is just what it sounds like. A fogbow is a cousin of the rainbow, formed similarly, substituting fog …
‘Lady bits and armpits’ Mar 1, 2023 "I have been catching several of the same commercials over and over again on these channels, and they are starting to make me a little crazy,"…
Alabama’s intellectually lazy left media Mar 1, 2023 One of the most frustrating claims the ideologically biased media in Alabama make while downplaying something with which it disagrees is to pr…
Why is Miller still playing? Updated Mar 1, 2023 Maybe I shouldn’t be surprised by some of the fierce pushback from some fans regarding media coverage of star University of Alabama basketball…
2026: Ainsworth vs. Marshall? Feb 22, 2023 For the last couple of years, Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth becoming the next governor of Alabama was one of those certainties ranking up there with…
Gov. Mee-Mum? Updated Feb 15, 2023 Gov. Ivey’s brief flirtation with transparency came to an abrupt halt Jan. 31, when ALDOT Director John Cooper was able to get an emergency co…
Balloons? I don’t think so! Updated Feb 15, 2023 "Given the number of alien probes being shot down lately, it may indeed be time to freak the F out. Either that or it’s time for the governmen…
‘Alabama solution to an Alabama problem’ not believable anymore Updated Feb 15, 2023 "When causation is difficult to comprehend, people will create theories to make it make sense. I think I am there with Gov. Kay Ivey’s approac…
Such an odd number Updated Feb 15, 2023 There are numbers that are significant in our lives. While these numbers have statistical logic for their importance, but it might seem number…
Hot air, balloons and flip-flops Updated Feb 8, 2023 Alabama has its own ballooning problems and at least a bit of hot air, writes columnist Rob Holbert.
The Mardi Gras circle of life Updated Feb 8, 2023 "I wasn’t born under an azalea bush with an umbilical cord made out of Mardi Gras beads and a MoonPie stuffed in my mouth, but I have always l…
Opinion — What the hell were they thinking? Updated Feb 9, 2023 Voters gave the GOP a supermajority for a reason. That sometimes seems to be forgotten in Montgomery, writes columnist Jeff Poor.
Let the sunshine in Feb 1, 2023 On Jan. 26, Gov. Ivey signed Executive Order 734, which is aimed at improving the state’s open records request process. And she deserves huge …
We’ve had a good run Feb 1, 2023 "Seventy-seven years without global war is a long time for this fallen world. Is it likely that we are due" writes Jeff Poor.
Booming questions Feb 1, 2023 Meteorologist Alan Sealls tackles last Friday's mysterious "boom" felt and heard in South Alabama.
Tyre Nichols’ beating would never be seen in Alabama Feb 1, 2023 Alabama politicians are condemning the deadly beating of Tyre Nichols’ by Memphis police captured on bodycam and made public. But footage of s…
