Tributes are still coming in for a pioneer in Alabama journalism who passed away this week. Bob Gambacurta was found dead in his Montgomery home this past Tuesday. He was 71. During his career, Gambacurta easily flowed between both the world of print writing and TV journalism. He was a news anchor at different stations in Alabama in the 1980’s….
Beeland Park in Greenville is a place where many locals get together to have lunch and hold regular meetings. It is also a good place for people to catch up on what is going on in the state. People across Alabama have been taking an interest in what is going on with state politics. Robert Layton and his friend Russell…
Facebook says it is dropping its reliance on news outlets to help determine what gets posted as a “trending topic” on the giant social network following a backlash over a report saying it suppressed conservative views. Facebook’s General Counsel Colin Stretch outlined this and other reforms in a 12-page letter sent Monday to Republican Sen. John Thune, chairman of the…
A state lawmaker says he has enough signatures to re-ignite an impeachment effort against Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley. Republican Rep. Ed Henry announced Thursday that he had obtained 23 signatures on impeachment articles. The announcement came after the House passed a rule change requiring 21 votes to start an impeachment investigation. That thwarted Henry’s earlier effort with 11 signatures. Henry…
A Gallup ranking of the States finds Alabama ranked 5th most GOP state but finds it is the most conservative state in America. Gallup also says the number of red states now is larger than the number of blue states. You can read the entire Gallup poll results online here. Categories: News, Statewide Tags: conservative states, Gallup, Politics
Whoopi Goldberg and Sissy Spacek headlined The Long Walk Home, a story about two women from different backgrounds living through the civil rights movement. You’ll find that many of the locations are familiar. “Garrett Colliseum building to the old Hancock furniture building down on Norman Bridge Rd. to a lot of locations in downtown Montgomery and also some of the…
For Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley, you could say 2015 was a turbulent year: He removed the Confederate flags from the state Capitol, where they’d flown for decades, waged a tax-hike battle with lawmakers and saw his marriage of 50 years come apart. In a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press, Bentley discussed the past year and the outlook for 2016….
A long time U-S senator from Alabama has new competition. Marcus Bowman announced that he’s running for Senator Richard Shelby’s seat. Bowman is a businessman out of Daphne. He’s worked behind the scenes in Washington to craft legislation. Even though Shelby has millions on hand for his campaign, Bowman says it’s time for a change. The republican primary is coming up on…
