By Paul DeMarco, commentary In her five years in office, Governor Kay Ivey has rarely used the stroke of a pen to veto legislation passed by the Alabama Legislature. Actually, she has been p... Read more
By Paul DeMarco, commentary I do not think there is anyone who would disagree that politics can bring out the worst in people or indeed the worst people. Alabama is no different and this pas... Read more
By Paul DeMarco, commentary It has been a tragic trend across the nation with crime rates soaring this past year. There have been a lot of factors, but for certain the efforts by progressive... Read more
By Paul DeMarco, commentary Next week will be important for the state of Alabama as we wait for a big announcement from the United States Census Bureau. The Census Bureau is set to deliver t... Read more
By Paul DeMarco The state of Georgia is getting push back against legislative efforts to strengthen the integrity of their elections. Recently some large corporations have increasingly buckl... Read more
By Paul DeMarco, commentary The pandemic hammered the nation’s economy with record unemployment and millions of dollars of lost income. Alabama was not immune from the impact of the coronavi... Read more
By Paul DeMarco After the November 6th presidential election this past fall, there have been calls for election reforms from all sides. Democrats in the United States House of Representative... Read more
By Paul DeMarco, commentary The timing of when Richard Shelby would retire from the United States Senate has been a contention of debate by political wags for years. Shelby was re-elected to... Read more
By Paul DeMarco, commentary As we are almost a year into the pandemic, Alabama has undergone the same turmoil as other states on how to address the health and well being of its citizens. Gov... Read more
By Paul DeMarco BIRMINGHAM — Since 2010, the Alabama legislature has been governed by a supermajority of members of the Republican party in both chambers. It had been 136 years since Republi... Read more