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Rob Holbert

Mobile

Co-Publisher and Managing Editor at Lagniappe

Co-publisher of Lagniappe, Mobile, Alabama's weekly newspaper.

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  • 1 week ago | lagniappemobile.com | Rob Holbert

    There are days I think it must be especially rewarding to be Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall. Monday was one of those days. According to a breathy press release sent out Tuesday, Marshall was one of 17 states attorneys general who glommed onto a lawsuit in California regarding efforts there to force big rig trucks operating in the Golden State to retire internal combustion engines within the next 11 years.

  • 1 week ago | lagniappemobile.com | Rob Holbert

  • 2 weeks ago | lagniappemobile.com | Rob Holbert

    In 2022, I wrote more than 20 investigative articles about the University of Alabama that uncovered such things as a statewide syndicated political columnist being paid nearly $100,000 a year for a fake job, millions paid out to outgoing chancellors and presidents in violation of university bylaws, administrators being paid for months or years after leaving the university and even an instance when UA attempted to use the Retirement Systems of Alabama to settle a sexual harassment case.

  • 2 weeks ago | lagniappemobile.com | Rob Holbert

  • 3 weeks ago | lagniappemobile.com | Rob Holbert

    Let’s check in again on the bizarre lawsuit involving the Mabel Amos Memorial Fund and Alabama Ethics Commission Executive Director Tom Albritton. There have been some developments.

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Robert D. Holbert II
Robert D. Holbert II @robholbert
19 Feb 25

Having worked in a field scapegoated as “the enemy of the people” over the past nine years, I just wanted to welcome federal employees to the club. This is a fascinating podcast interviewing actual people losing their jobs via email. https://t.co/VaaisVGet3

Robert D. Holbert II
Robert D. Holbert II @robholbert
17 Feb 25

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Robert D. Holbert II
Robert D. Holbert II @robholbert
11 Feb 25

Blocking the Associated Press from White House coverage because they didn't tell everyone to start calling the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. Childish in the extreme. https://t.co/qDDmeReaCj