Senate, House leadership divided over calendar realities of passing gun...
By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter The two top leaders of Alabama’s Legislature seemed somewhat divided Thursday about the realities of getting gun and school safety legislation out of their...
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Alabama’s growth slowed down by high death rate, low international migration
The rate of population growth in Alabama last year increased slightly, but the state is being held back in terms of growth by one of the nation’s highest death rates and one of the lowest rates of...
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Bentley investigation not the first time Ellen Brooks cited gaps in law to...
If the findings of a special grand jury empaneled to hear allegations of wrongdoings against former Gov. Robert Bentley and his cronies sound familiar, it should. In 2012, after an eight-month...
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President’s American heart, hands and grit promise may spur infrastructure...
As part of his Make America Great Again promise, President Donald Trump offered the American Infrastructure Initiative in February of this year. Many Alabama lawmakers hoped to pass a statewide...
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The Auburn Plainsman receives multiple awards from APA
The student-run newspaper for Auburn University, The Auburn Plainsman, has garnered 12 awards in the Alabama Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest over the last few weeks. The Plainsman...
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Opinion | Time for an ethics champion to step forward
A majority of Alabama voters are “very concerned” about government corruption and ethics, however, Republicans who once championed strong ethics laws have retrenched or given up the fight altogether....
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A look at other issues Ivey touched on in inaugural address
Among the 2,766 words in Gov. Kay Ivey’s inaugural speech, she addressed a few major themes and some gems and clues on critical issues that she wants to tackle over the next four years. Roads and...
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Opinion | Everyday racism of publisher Goodloe Sutton is neither surprising...
Goodloe Sutton is not a racist. That might seem impossible considering Sutton, the publisher of the Democrat-Reporter newspaper in Linden, just wrote an editorial calling for “the Ku Klux Klan to night...
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APR reporters take on additional assignments
Three members of the Alabama Political Reporter‘s staff have recently earned advances in their careers. Chip Brownlee, while continuing his work for APR, has been signed as a freelance reporter for the...
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APR’s Chip Brownlee graduates
One of APR’s most recognized names, Chip Brownlee, on Wednesday, earned his Master of Arts in Journalism from the prestigious Columbia University. Brownlee has been with APR for much of the last four...
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