By Lee Hedgepeth

Trump’s Choice to Be Alabama’s Next Senator Finds an Odd Political Target: the Modern Gas Can

On: January 28, 2026

ENTERPRISE, Ala.—U.S. Rep. Barry Moore, a longtime political figure in this rural Alabama community, has his priorities. Among them? A reform effort aimed at the modern gas can. A congressman since 2021, the Republican may be headed toward one of the most powerful positions in Yellowhammer State politics, a seatContinue Reading

How Alabama Power Has Left the ‘American Amazon’ at Risk

By: By Lee Hedgepeth

On: December 29, 2025

In: Politics

Wired for Profit: Third in a series about Alabama Power’s influence over electric rates, renewable energy, pollution and politics in the Yellowhammer State. BUCKS, Ala.—South Alabama is where it all washes out. Here, in the nation’s second-largest delta, the waters of the Deep South wind through the pines and cypressesContinue Reading

By Lee Hedgepeth

Trump’s Choice to Be Alabama’s Next Senator Finds an Odd Political Target: the Modern Gas Can

How Alabama Power Has Left the ‘American Amazon’ at Risk

Appeals Court Revives Bernie Worrell v. George Clinton Lawsuit: ‘The Rare Case in Which a Copyright-Ownership Claim May Be Brought a Half-Century After-the-Fact’

Olivia Rodrigo Addresses Babydoll Dress Critiques: “It Shows How We Normalize Pedophilia in Culture”

Appeals Court Revives Bernie Worrell v. George Clinton Lawsuit: ‘The Rare Case in Which a Copyright-Ownership Claim May Be Brought a Half-Century After-the-Fact’

Olivia Rodrigo Addresses Babydoll Dress Critiques: “It Shows How We Normalize Pedophilia in Culture”

Honda Ridgeline Headed for 18-Month Production Pause