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Read the latest opinion piece from our opinion columnists at 1819 News.

Pride Alabama News
Devin Foley: Alabama, don't be Minnesota

I can still flee Minnesota and go to Alabama or another red state. But if Alabama makes the same mistakes and falls to the left, then where will you go?

SCOTUS2 Alabama News
Matt Clark: My take on the Supreme Court’s congressional redistricting case

Alabama will have to redraw its districting map and be subject to another game of judicial peek-a-boo.

Typewriter Alabama News
Sean of the South: Class clown

There is magic in old things. You can’t find this charm in glowing monitors or phone screens.

Classroom Alabama News
Justin Bogie: Ivey applauds higher teacher salaries, but fundamental changes to education are needed

Will higher teacher salaries do anything to improve Alabama’s lagging national test scores?

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Justin Bogie talks legislative spending on FM Talk 1065

Listen to 1819 News Fiscal and Budget Reporter Justin Bogie on "Midday Mobile" with Sean Sullivan as they discuss the 40% increase in legislative spending over the past few years, growing government instead of shrinking it and giving more money back to Alabama citizens as the Republican platform claims they want to do.

Fight Alabama News
Matt Clark: Fight for our kids

I don’t think there’s any group of people in America today under attack like our kids. We must fight for them.

Mo Brooks, Wayne Reynolds Alabama News
Jeff Poor: Alabama’s dumbest political feud — Mo Brooks vs. Wayne Reynolds

If you do not want frivolous dumb ethics complaints made against you, don't say dumb unsubstantiated things on the public airwaves.

Truth Alabama News
Lauren DeMoss Benson: Indoctrinate your children with truth

How in the world do we keep our children safe from the lies of the world when it seems inevitable they will hear them? We can’t. Instead, we teach them the truth. 

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Justin Bogie talks the ‘historic’ Alabama legislative session on News Talk 93.1 'News & Views'

Listen to 1819 News Fiscal and Budget Reporter Justin Bogie on "News & Views" with Joey Clark as they discuss the "historic" Alabama legislative session, spending the most money in Alabama's history.

Nathaniel Ledbetter Alabama News
Justin Bogie: Despite ‘historic’ session, there’s more work to be done on tax relief

The 2023 session saw the legislature enact the largest budgets in state history. And while progress was made on tax relief efforts, more of your money should be returned to you.

Mo Brooks Alabama News
Joey Clark: Mo Brooks should stop ripping old wounds open

I am sick of seeing ugly shows of self-inflicted pain done in vain. I am nauseated from witnessing conservative politicians fall on the sword of their principles to no considerable effect whatsoever.

Racist Alabama News
Phil Williams: Racist if you do, racist if you don't

The Supreme Court of the United States will soon announce whether Alabama’s congressional district lines are racist.

Ice Cream Alabama News
Randy Tatano: Eating ice cream 101

As summer heats up, here's a few facts about our favorite frozen dessert.

Old House Alabama News
Ashley Carter: Memories are moments you carry with you for a lifetime

It’s not about the house structure itself, it's about the people who are in it. Cherish those people, cherish those moments, and take your memories with you wherever you go.

Baseball Alabama News
Sean of the South: Miracle league

There was excitement in the air. The same kind of under-the-surface joy that precedes all ball games. Only more so. Because, you see, this was a Miracle League game.

Mrs Doubtfire IMDB Alabama News
Daniel Taylor: What God meant for comedy, the devil meant for drag

Common sense should tell us there’s a clear difference between what’s meant for comedy and what’s meant for, well, something entirely different.

Copperhead Alabama News
Amie Beth Shaver: Snakes beneath our feet

Our legislators seemed to panic and go mute this session when they saw snakes beneath their feet.

Alabama Capitol Alabama News
Mike Ball: Shining light on the cockroaches of corruption

Corruption is like cockroaches moving freely in the darkness, but when the lights come on, it scurries to find a dark hiding place.   

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Erica Thomas talks the backlash companies are experiencing because of their support for transgenderism on FM Talk 1065

Listen to 1819 News Editor-at-Large Erica Thomas on "Midday Mobile" with Sean Sullivan as they discuss the backlash companies such as Bud Light and Target are experiencing because of their support for the transgender agenda.

Pride Parade Alabama News
Matt Clark: Pride goes before the fall

Unless you’re color-blind, you can’t help but notice that it looks like a box of crayons threw up all over the country on June 1.

Tax Relief2 Alabama News
Justin Bogie: What relief bills are still alive as the 2023 regular session nears its end?

Time is running out. Many bills that sought to reduce the tax burden of Alabamians have officially died. But several tax relief bills remained alive as Wednesday’s committee meetings wrapped up.

Statehouse Alabama News
Jeff Poor breaks down the legislative session as it comes to an end on ‘Alabama’s Morning News with JT’ on NewsRadio 105.5 WERC

Listen to 1819 News Executive Editor Jeff Poor on iHeart Radio with JT as they discuss the missed opportunities for the overwhelmingly "conservative" Alabama Legislature to pass conservative legislation.

Target Alabama News
Allen Keller: The perils of doing business in 'post-democratic America'

Recent developments in our corporate sector have shown a tendency for mistakes, even among our country’s presumably most capable CEOs.

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Justin Bogie talks the Alabama portion of the federal debt limit deal on News Talk 93.1 'News & Views'

Listen to 1819 News Fiscal and Budget Reporter Justin Bogie on "News & Views" with Joey Clark as they discuss the federal debt limit deal, of which Alabama receives approximately $60 billion per year.

IOU Alabama News
Justin Bogie: U.S. debt limit crisis appears diverted, but will fundamental problems be addressed?

The proposed debt limit agreement will not solve the fundamental spending and debt issues that the U.S. government faces. Rather, it merely delays those decisions until after the 2024 presidential election.

Power Hungry Alabama News
Joey Clark: Betraying liberty’s creed by political deed

The lust to dominate, the libido dominandi, does not discriminate between left or right, Christian conservative or secular progressive. It infiltrates all. 

Memorial Day Alabama News
Phil Williams: Always remember and never forget

Memorial Day is designed for us to always remember, and never forget. Those words may sound synonymous but they really aren’t. 

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