Bill Britt, Alabama Political Reporter Journalist Profile

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Rep. Figures defends legacy, inspires grads at Tuskegee commencement

4 days ago | alreporter.com | Bill Britt

U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures, a Democrat from Alabama, brought a powerful blend of gratitude, defiance and inspiration to Tuskegee University’s spring commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 11. Figures delivered a keynote address that honored the legacy of the historic institution while challenging graduates to lead with purpose, persistence and principle.
Opinion | When the center cannot hold

4 days ago | alreporter.com | Bill Britt

More than a century ago, W. B. Yeats looked into the wreckage of war and offered a line that today feels less like poetry than prophecy: “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold.” In The Second Coming, he wrote not just about a political unraveling, but a spiritual one — a collapse of meaning, of shared truth, of the moral ballast that holds a society upright. Today, we live in that unraveling. The idea of a shared reality has eroded.
Alabama’s war on abortion help exposed in new reporting

1 week ago | alreporter.com | Bill Britt

When investigative journalist Nina Martin returned to Alabama to report on the state’s post-Roe abortion landscape, she didn’t focus just on laws banning the procedure. Instead, she zeroed in on something even more chilling: the criminalization of help.
Federal court strikes down Alabama map, citing racial discrimination, defiance

1 week ago | alreporter.com | Bill Britt

In a sweeping rebuke of racial gerrymandering, a federal court has struck down Alabama’s 2023 congressional map, ruling that it was enacted with “intentional racial discrimination” and violates both the Voting Rights Act and the U.S. Constitution. The decision clears the way for continued use of a court-ordered map that, for the first time in state history, enabled two Black lawmakers to win seats in Congress. The ruling follows a full trial in Milligan v.
Opinion | Ugly tactics cloud House race that should’ve been about service

1 week ago | alreporter.com | Bill Britt

What began as a promising, issues-focused Republican primary in House District 11 has unraveled into something far less dignified. Instead of a contest between two respected conservatives, the race has veered into baseless conspiracies, personal attacks and a strategy built more on suspicion than substance. Former Cullman County Board of Education member Heath Allbright and retired Army Colonel Don Fallin should be offering voters a thoughtful debate about policy, priorities and representation.
Opinion | Alabama lawmakers reenact Monty Python, minus the self-awareness

1 week ago | alreporter.com | Bill Britt

Fifty years ago, Monty Python and the Holy Grail galloped onto the screen — sans horses but with plenty of coconuts — and gave the world a comedic masterpiece about absurd quests, imaginary enemies and rulers who mistake ego for authority. In 2025 Alabama, the parody lives on — only now it’s sponsored by a PAC and filed as legislation.
Opinion | When government becomes a religion, justice is replaced by control

2 weeks ago | alreporter.com | Bill Britt

There’s a quiet transformation underway in Alabama: lawmakers are turning government into a kind of religion. Not one rooted in grace, humility, or justice — but in control, fear, and exclusion. Not the faith of Jesus — but the rigidity of the scribes and Pharisees He condemned. Instead of caring for the people, they are commanding them. Instead of lifting burdens, they are legislating them. The Legislature mandates the Ten Commandments in classrooms, yet refuses to fund the schools that house them.
Opinion | SB330 is political overreach disguised as reform

2 weeks ago | alreporter.com | Bill Britt

When lawmakers compare Birmingham to cities in crisis, rewrite board rules, and silence public voices, it’s not about water — it’s about control. Something doesn’t add up. That’s the only honest way to describe SB330 — the bill to overhaul the Birmingham Water Works Board. And in Alabama politics, when the math doesn’t make sense, it’s not a mistake — it’s a power grab wrapped in a payout. Follow the money, and you’ll usually find the motive. It’s not reform.
Ainsworth draws strong support on Facebook as Tuberville eyes governor’s race

2 weeks ago | alreporter.com | Bill Britt

Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth has long been regarded as a likely contender for Alabama’s 2026 gubernatorial race, but he has yet to make a formal announcement. That hasn’t stopped U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville from telling a group of high-level donors last week that he intends to enter the race, according to sources familiar with the meeting. With speculation swirling, Ainsworth took to Facebook on Monday to crowdsource an answer to the question on everyone’s mind: what should he do next?
Exclusive: Tuberville risks backlash if he leaves Senate, new poll shows

2 weeks ago | alreporter.com | Bill Britt

A new poll of Alabama Republican primary voters delivers a stark warning to Sen. Tommy Tuberville: stay in the U.S. Senate or risk alienating the voters who have stood firmly behind him. According to a J.L. Partners survey conducted April 22–27, seventy-one percent of Republican primary voters said they somewhat or strongly agreed that Tuberville is doing a “great job supporting President Trump’s agenda as Senator” and should stay in Washington.