By Glynn Wilson – This might be a good time for Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin to sit down for lunch with President Donald J. Trump at the White House, or maybe play a round of golf with him, to explain how tariffs actually work and brief him on the history of how trade…
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Mobile River Bridge May Be Dead in the Water
EDITOR’S NOTE – MOBILE, Ala. – It’s simple. Opposition to the toll for a new bridge crossing Mobile Bay is overwhelming, and since the proposal claims the project cannot be completed without the toll money, it is dead in the water. You can read all about it here, and see the mainstream press coverage here…
Bipartisan Legislation to End the Military Widow’s Tax Reaches Key Milestone in Senate Support
Staff Report – The bipartisan Military Widow’s Tax Elimination Act has earned its 61 cosponsors, making it filibuster proof in the Senate, if Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will bring it to the floor for a vote. U.S. Senator Doug Jones sponsored the legislation and announced Tuesday that his bill had surpassed the key threshold…
Former Vice President Joe Biden Launches White House Campaign as Democratic Frontrunner
By Glynn Wilson – Former Vice President Joe Biden, a moderate Democrat who plans to appeal to working-class voters who deserted the Democratic Party to vote for President Donald J. Trump in 2016, tossed his hat into the ring to run for president on Thursday in a YouTube video on his own campaign channel that…
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Congress Skips Town for Spring Break Without Passing Disaster Relief Aid Package
By Glynn Wilson – As farmers and victims of floods, tornadoes and hurricanes desperately await financial aid from the federal government, members of Congress took off for a two week Spring Break this week without passing a disaster relief package, stymied in a compromise by a threatened presidential veto over more funding to help the…
U.S. Senator Doug Jones Once Again Urges Medicaid Expansion in Alabama
Will the politicians in Montgomery listen? – Alabama workers have sent $14 billion in Medicaid taxes to fund health care in other states over the past few years, money that could have been used at home to improve health and the economy – By Glynn Wilson – Simply for the sake of partisan politics, Republicans…
Study Ranks Alabama Among the Most Angry, Hateful States in the Country
By Glynn Wilson – MOBILE, Ala. — When Republican Congressman Bradley Byrne announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate here Wednesday night and mentioned “Alabama values,” it made me stop to ponder what he was talking about. Republican Congressman Bradley Byrne Announces Run for U.S. Senate Against Democrat Doug Jones In his extemporaneous speech at…
Republican Congressman Bradley Byrne Announces Run for U.S. Senate Against Democrat Doug Jones
By Glynn Wilson – MOBILE, Ala. — In a room full of mostly white males in business suits at Wintzell’s Oyster House downtown on Dauphin Street Wednesday night, Republican Congressman Bradley Byrne officially announced he will run for the U.S. Senate against Democrat Doug Jones in 2020. The primary vote will take place on March…
Another Hospital Will Close in Alabama Thanks to Lack of State Support
Staff Report – Another rural hospital in Alabama will close its doors on March 31 thanks to a lack of state support of federal funding for health care. Georgiana Medical Center in rural Butler County will become the 14th hospital to shut down in the state on March 31, according to an announcement from the…
Five Alabama Cities Make the List of the 50 Worst Places to Live in the U.S.
U.S. Senator Doug Jones of Alabama Calls Trump Government Shutdown a ‘Hostage Crisis’
By Glynn Wilson – On Day 27 of Trump’s government shutdown, U.S. Senator Doug Jones of Alabama held a conference call with reporters on Thursday and compared the failing negotiations to a “hostage crisis.” He said his colleagues in the Senate are more than willing to debate and fund border security measures, but only “if…
U.S. Senator Doug Jones of Alabama Urges End to Federal Government Shutdown
By Glynn Wilson – On Day 20 of the Trump federal government shutdown, U.S. Senator Doug Jones, the Democrat from Alabama, held a media conference call with reporters on Thursday to provide an update on what’s going on in Congress and Washington to end the shutdown and other national legislative issues, including the latest on…
Alabama Senator Jones Calls for Investigation of Student Loan Debt
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Doug Jones, the Democrat from Alabama, is calling for an investigation into student loan debt. As the lead author of a letter to more than 100 key stakeholders nationwide to solicit feedback on how to help improve federal policies for student borrowers of color and make access…
Trump Government Shut Down Looms as Congress Fails to Reach Wall Funding Compromise
Alabama Senator Doug Jones Tries to Forge Last Minute Compromise – By Glynn Wilson – The U.S. House of Representatives adjourned just before 7 p.m. on Friday, leaving the Capitol before approving a measure that could pass the Senate and be signed by the president to fund the government and the border wall President Trump…
Doug Jones Had Roy Moore Beat in the U.S. Senate Election Before the Washington Post Broke the Sensational Sex Scandal Story on Moore
Facebook Manipulation Had No Discernible Impact – By Glynn Wilson – MOBILE, Ala. — Birmingham Democrat Doug Jones had Alabama Republican Roy Moore beat in the U.S. Senate election last year before the Washington Post broke the sex scandal story on November 9, 2017. Our definitive reporting on the campaign clearly shows that, and the…
Up to $600 Million in Federal Grants Now Available to Build Rural High Speed Internet Infrastructure
Staff report… Rural utilities are being encouraged to apply for the up to $600 million in loans and grants now available from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to help expand high speed internet infrastructure, according to a statement out Friday from U.S. Senator Doug Jones of Alabama. Municipalities, telecommunication companies, rural electric cooperatives, internet service…
For Profit Colleges Close, Leaving Students Out in the Cold
By Glynn Wilson – There may be no better example of a corrupt, capitalist corporation trying to profit from the American dream of young people in the United States to advance themselves with an education than the Birmingham, Alabama-based Education Corporation of America, which announced this week the closing of 75 colleges across the country.…
Bipartisan Legislation Introduced to Ensure Veterans and Students are Repaid their Full GI Benefits
By Glynn Wilson – Due to an ongoing crisis with the Trump administration failing to pay VA benefits to student veterans and students who are the children of veterans, and the lack of an adequate response from the Department of Veterans Affairs, bipartisan legislation was introduced in the United States Senate on Tuesday to begin…
Trump Administration Cancels Promised Payments to Student Veterans Under GI Bill
Staff Report – Senator Doug Jones of Alabama Calls for Investigation Into VA Failure to Pay Veterans – In response to a news report indicating that the Trump administration’s Department of Veterans Affairs claims to be so short staffed it can’t do the math to pay student veterans benefits it owes, U.S. Senator Doug Jones…