Brian Lyman

Montgomery

Editor, @ALReflector. Podcaster, @BecomingLincoln. 2024 Pulitzer finalist. Politics, state government, science, history. blyman -at- alabamareflector -dot- com.

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The real scandal in Alabama's transgender youth care ban

3 days ago | alabamareflector.com | Brian Lyman

This much we know: Alabama’s gender-affirming care ban will be law for the foreseeable future. Attorneys for transgender young people and their families sued to overturn it. But after a three-year battle, the plaintiffs and the state moved to dismiss the lawsuit.
The real scandal in Alabama’s transgender youth care ban

3 days ago | newsfromthestates.com | Brian Lyman

This much we know: Alabama’s gender-affirming care ban will be law for the foreseeable future. Attorneys for transgender young people and their families sued to overturn it. But after a three-year battle, the plaintiffs and the state moved to dismiss the lawsuit.
Does Tommy Tuberville know what he’s getting into? | BRIAN LYMAN

3 days ago | montgomeryadvertiser.com | Brian Lyman

The biographer Robert Caro says that power reveals. Power lets you do what you want. And your desires show who you are. After four years in the U.S. Senate, we have few doubts about what Tommy Tuberville wants. A man sent to Washington to represent Alabama spends a lot of time on television talking about President Donald Trump or his enemies. Alabama is a peripheral concern. In some cases, Tuberville takes positions that are demonstrably bad for the people here.
Does Tommy Tuberville know what he's getting into?

1 week ago | alabamareflector.com | Brian Lyman

by Brian Lyman, Alabama Reflector May 5, 2025 The biographer Robert Caro says that power reveals. Power lets you do what you want. And your desires show who you are. After four years in the U.S. Senate, we have few doubts about what Tommy Tuberville wants. A man sent to Washington to represent Alabama spends a lot of time on television talking about President Donald Trump or his enemies. Alabama is a peripheral concern.
A poisoned cause, a pointless sacrifice | BRIAN LYMAN

1 week ago | montgomeryadvertiser.com | Brian Lyman

There’s an old cemetery a few miles from my home. Over the last week, flags with three bars and seven stars have sprouted over some of the graves. It’s my annual reminder that we still have Confederate Memorial Day, one of three state holidays honoring men who killed American soldiers in defense of white supremacy. That’s what the Confederacy was about, and it’s never been a secret. Ulysses S.
A giveaway to the rich, disguised as school choice | BRIAN LYMAN

2 weeks ago | montgomeryadvertiser.com | Brian Lyman

A giveaway to the rich, disguised as school choice | BRIAN LYMAN Don’t let the name of the CHOOSE Act fool you. The Alabama law is welfare for the wealthy. Our leaders call Alabama’s effective voucher program the CHOOSE Act. There’s some grim irony in that. Of course, you can choose to pay for private school tuition, whatever your reasons may be. But it’s not my choice. Or what the families of 730,000 Alabama students want. We pay taxes to support the teachers educating our children in public schools.
A poisoned cause, a pointless sacrifice

2 weeks ago | alabamareflector.com | Brian Lyman

by Brian Lyman, Alabama Reflector April 28, 2025 There’s an old cemetery a few miles from my home. Over the last week, flags with three bars and seven stars have sprouted over some of the graves. It’s my annual reminder that we still have Confederate Memorial Day, one of three state holidays honoring men who killed American soldiers in defense of white supremacy. GET THE MORNING HEADLINES. That’s what the Confederacy was about, and it’s never been a secret. Ulysses S.
A poisoned cause, a pointless sacrifice

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Brian Lyman

The first national flag of the Confederacy is placed on a grave in this undated photo. Monday is Confederate Memorial Day in Alabama, one of three state holidays honoring the white supremacist government. (John Dreyer via Getty Images)There’s an old cemetery a few miles from my home. Over the last week, flags with three bars and seven stars have sprouted over some of the graves.
A giveaway to the rich, disguised as school choice

3 weeks ago | alabamareflector.com | Brian Lyman

Our leaders call Alabama’s effective voucher program the CHOOSE Act. There’s some grim irony in that. Of course, you can choose to pay for private school tuition, whatever your reasons may be. But it’s not my choice. Or what the families of 730,000 Alabama students want. We pay taxes to support the teachers educating our children in public schools. And we want teachers and staff to have the resources they need to help students thrive.
A giveaway to the rich, disguised as school choice

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Brian Lyman

House Ways and Means Education Committee Chair Danny Garrett, R-Trussville, asks a question as Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Chair Arthur Orr, R-Decatur, listens during a budget presentation to lawmakers on Feb. 5, 2025 at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Alabama. Garrett sponsored last year's CHOOSE Act, which gives families tax credits of $7,000 for each eligible child to be spent on nonpublic education. Orr recently increased funding for the program in the 2026 budget.