Legislative incumbents are beginning to wake up and smell the unsustainable debt in the air, and people like Katie Britt and Tommy Tuberville may help them see a way forward.
Listen to 1819 News Reporter Will Blakely on The Jeff Poor Show as they discuss the governor's relative silence on all the Alabama Department of Corrections' serious issues.
We couldn’t go without mentioning the new kid on the block in Alabama political journalism here at 1819 News – the Alabama Reflector.
The young woman cutting my hair goes by the name Shelby. She is as country as a collard, with an accent like Ribbon cane syrup.
There is enough money available to provide Alabamians with historic tax relief, without jeopardizing future state budgets. The question is, are lawmakers willing to do so?
Listen to 1819 News Fiscal and Budget Reporter Justin Bogie on News & Views with Joey Clark as they discuss Medicaid expansion and how the federal government funds drop off dramatically after a couple of years, leaving Alabama on the hook.
“The White Pill” reads as a deeply personal, unbowed undertaking to remedy a world drowning in carefully crafted messages meant to sow despair, inaction, and submission.
Listen to 1819 News Contributor Amie Beth Shaver on News & Views with Joey Clark as they discuss UA Professor Matthew Wielicki and how colleges nowadays no longer teach students how to think but instead teach them what to think.
Listen to 1819 News Contributor Bishop Jim Lowe on iHeart Radio with JT as they discuss the disrespect for human life in the context of the Tyre Nichols killing at the hands of the Memphis Police Department.
Tell young red-blooded Americans you will make them warriors, in the spirit of those before them who stormed the beaches, rained from the skies, and defended that which we hold dear, and they will beat a path to the recruiters.
These days, the worldwide Italian community mourns the passing of number 155, pastina, which is just about the smallest pasta known to man.
Time is precious and short. Break bread together and enjoy all the blessings and little moments that can’t be replaced.
Are today's college students free to learn how to think, defend their thoughts, engage their ideas, and debate their fellow students without fear of retribution?
There is no other state in the nation that allows free reign of a Department Head without oversight by elected officials.
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has been busy the last two weeks.
Listen to 1819 News Fiscal and Budget Reporter Justin Bogie on Midday Mobile with Sean Sullivan as they discuss Medicaid expansion and the adverse effect it would have on Alabama's already poor labor participation rate.
Tax relief should be a top priority for the remaining ARPA funds, but however lawmakers decide to spend the money, they must ensure that it will benefit as many Alabamians as possible.
For the first time in history, the Super Bowl will be played between teams led by black quarterbacks.
Listen to 1819 News Reporter Craig Monger on The Jeff Poor Show as they discuss the ADOC mandatory prison release and the apparent failure to perform victim notifications.
Listen to 1819 News Fiscal and Budget Reporter Justin Bogie on iHeart Radio with JT as they discuss the lack of progress on mega-prison construction.
Listen to 1819 News Fiscal and Budget Reporter Justin Bogie on iHeart Radio with JT as they discuss the much smaller direct economic impact of The World Games than was expected.
Listen to 1819 News Contributor Amie Beth Shaver on iHeart Radio with JT as they discuss Eddie Tyler and his example of how to deal with the gender mob.
I love cornbread. I was raised on the stuff, just like everyone else in America.
The events just witnessed in Memphis present us with an uncomfortable and undeniable truth, namely, we will never stop injustice until we deal with the root cause of all injustice: disrespect of human life.
Alabama should not take the “do it because everybody else is” approach to Medicaid.
Listen to 1819 News Fiscal and Budget Reporter Justin Bogie on News & Views with Joey Clark as they discuss Alabama's budget growth over the past 4 years, a whopping 36% increase.
Restore men’s individual trust in something higher than themselves — in something they themselves could never begin to create or truly understand — and they may again begin to instill confidence in institutions.