More: James Spann and our misinformation nightmare | BRIAN LYMAN Prison phone services are infamously predatory. In Alabama ...

When Alabama lawmakers focus on actual issues, they tend to avoid or overlook specifics. Things like the scope of a problem.

And as long as we let their zeal and paranoia guide our policy, we’ll never be safe. Brian Lyman is the editor of Alabama Reflector. He has covered Alabama politics since 2006, and worked at the ...

Brian Lyman is the editor of Alabama Reflector. He has covered Alabama politics since 2006, and worked at the Montgomery Advertiser, the Press-Register and The Anniston Star. His work has won ...

That’s where this ugly song about holding aid hostage ends: in a tone-deaf crescendo where an allegedly conservative senator ...

Whenever Alabama’s senior U.S. senator makes a statement, I usually have one reaction. It’s rare to see evidence that he has on anything he shares his opinions on. The senator seems like an old player ...