Posts by Craig Monger

The University of Alabama chapter of the American Association of University Professors (UA-AAUP) recently criticized the Alabama House of Representatives' passage of legislation that regulates university governing bodies and allows the removal of tenured professors, despite the chapter being exempt from the bill's provisions.

Alabama’s public schools would be required to designate a day for military recruiters to voluntarily administer the military aptitude test to students on state public K-12 school campuses.

In a recent podcast appearance alongside former Montgomery Police officer, Aaron Cody Smith, who was imprisoned after an on-the-job shooting in 2019, former Supreme Court Justice and candidate for the state’s attorney general, Jay Mitchell, spoke on the perceived shortcomings the current AG’s office displays with officer-involved shooting prosecutions.

With the Alabama legislature gearing up to meet together for the final three days of the 2026 legislative session, tensions between the House and Senate seem to have calmed down, but a new week can always bring new surprises.

The House of Representatives is set to vote on legislation to significantly alter sex education in the state of Alabama on Tuesday, when lawmakers return for the final week of the 2026 legislative session.

House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels (D-Huntsville) dropped a surprise bill on Thursday, slashing all taxes on overtime pay days after years of feuding with Republican lawmakers over passing legislation that House Democrats believe don’t go far enough.

State Rep. Arnold Mooney (R-Indian Springs) has denied accusations of recording a closed-door House Republican caucus meeting after he was removed from the meeting, kicked out of the caucus and stripped of his chairmanship of the Shelby County Legislative Committee.

House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) denied his presence at the Wednesday evening House Republican caucus meeting in which State Rep. Arnold Mooney (R-Indian Springs) was reportedly removed from the meeting for allegedly trying to record the closed-door meeting.

The Alabama House of Representatives approved legislation on Thursday that would create a so-called accountability council to heighten accountability and improve outcomes across the state’s public schools.

On Wednesday, State Rep. Arnold Mooney (R-Indian Springs) was reportedly removed from the weekly House Republican Caucus meeting after allegedly recording the proceedings without permission.

The Alabama House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to approve the $3.7 billion General Fund (GF) and supplemental appropriations budget for the 2027 fiscal year during the next-to-last week of the 2026 legislature.

Legislation that would allow tenured professors in the state’s public universities to be terminated, with the exception of the University of Alabama (UA) and Auburn University, passed the Alabama House of Representatives on Tuesday.

After years of agitation from members of the Alabama House of Representatives, members spent the first day of the legislative week railing against lawmakers in the upper chamber for the gridlock induced by some senators holding up House bills.

Nearly three years after Ramon Maldonado-Vasquez allegedly drove while drunk in excess of 100 miles per hour, killing his three passengers, that state is ready to begin a pre-trial hearing.

A mayoral candidate challenging Wetumpka Mayor Jerry Willis is claiming that the incumbent mayor has been pressuring local businesses to remove campaign materials of his opponent.

On Wednesday, former Congressman Jarry Carl (R-Mobile) teased an announcement for his bid for Alabama’s first congressional district, which has been an open secret in the state’s political circles for months.

On Wednesday, Gov. Kay Ivey will join Alabama Football Legend Nick Saban and his wife, Terry, in the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saban Center, a self-described “cutting-edge educational campus that integrates STEM and the arts.” 

State Rep. Rhett Marques (R-Enterprise) reportedly is considering a run in the upcoming Congressional race in Alabama’s first congressional district in an ever-thinning field as the final players settle into their preferred race.

Attorney General Steve Marshall recently filed briefs in multiple courts to support President Donald Trump’s executive order that directs federal agencies to cease funding sex-change procedures for minors.

The Alabama Department of Corrections recently announced that St. Clair Correctional Facility Lt. Calvin Bush was arrested last week and has been placed on mandatory leave pending dismissal after an ongoing investigation yielded pounds of various illegal drugs.

The popular metal band Pantera has announced the cancellation of several shows, including a scheduled September performance in Birmingham, stating band members needed time to mourn the death of the rock legend and friend of the band, Ozzy Osbourne.

It has been three years to the day since  José Paulino Pascual-Reyes, 37, was arrested for double murder and for kidnapping a 12-year-old girl who escaped his Dadeville trailer; there has still been little to no movement on the prosecution.

Over a week has passed since three-year-old Ke'Torrius "KJ" Starkes, Jr. of Bessemer, was found dead after an Alabama Department of Human Resources contracted driver allegedly left him in a hot car for nearly five hours, and DHR officials remain silent.

With a TV schedule brimming with NPR and PBS programming, Alabama Public Television will be making cuts and attempting to make more Alabama-focused shows in light of the White House's funding cuts to the two media giants accused by President Donald Trump and others of pushing a biased agenda.

Kela Stanford, 54, the contract driver for the Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR), has been charged with a Class B felony over a week after she allegedly returned home with a three-year-old boy after a scheduled visitation with his biological father and left him to die in the hot car.

The Saban Center, a self-proclaimed “cutting-edge educational campus that integrates STEM and the arts,” announced a “significant partnership” with the Poarch Band of Creek Indians.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) recently expressed disgust at the uncovered sex ring in Bibb County and gave full support for the subsequently announced legislation that would mandate a life sentence or the death penalty for sexually assaulting a child.