Cooper Green facing $9 million of immediate financial needs
Cooper Green Mercy Hospital has immediate financial needs of almost $9 million, far greater than the $3.5 million previously reported.
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Witness credibility issues at center of defense opening statements
Attorney Ron Wise told jurors in the Alabama gambling corruption trial Thursday that opening statements are supposed to be like a roadmap of the case for the jury—or at least that’s what he learned in law school. But that’s impossible in this case, he said, because the witnesses change their stories too much.
McGregor attorney to jury: Prosecution wants you to ‘dig in the weeds’ to convict McGregor
Joe Espy, an attorney for gambling developer and Victoryland owner Milton McGregor, argued to the jury in the Alabama gambling corruption trial that the government had no direct evidence of his client’s guilt, and would instead use witnesses to interpret tapes in a manner that favors the prosecution.
Bingo trial prosecutor: McGregor ‘managed the corruption’ to pass pro-gambling legislation
Gambling developer Milton McGregor, a defendant in the Alabama gambling corruption trial, used his outsize funds and influence to corruptly pass pro-gambling legislation, a federal prosecutor argued in court today. Opening statements in the trial of six defendants, including McGregor, three lawmakers, a lobbyist and a spokesperson for a bingo casino, began just after 9 a.m.
Bingo Trial Live Blog – Opening Statements
Live coverage of the opening statements for the Alabama bingo corruption trial in Montgomery.
UPDATED: Dozens arrested in ICE raids in Alabama over last week, SPLC says
The Southern Poverty Law Center says dozens were arrested in ICE raids in Collinsville and Fort Payne over the past week.
UPDATED: Beason removed from Rules Committee chairmanship
The Senate Committee on Assignments has chosen Senate Majority Leader Jabo Waggoner (R-Vestavia Hills) to replace Beason as the chair of the Senate’s most powerful committee.
Judge blocks parts of Alabama’s tough immigration law
A federal judge has blocked certain sections of Alabama’s new immigration law, including sections that make it illegal to transport or harbor an undocumented alien.
VIDEO: Senator apologizes for ‘aborigines’ remark
Today, more than three months after those comments became public and a month after the bingo corruption trial ended in a mistrial with no convictions, Beason held a short press conference to address his “aborigine” remarks.
Council goes forward with Barons stadium, B&A up in air
The Birmingham City Council voted to move forward with the Barons stadium deal, and did not include B&A Warehouse in an item authorizing use of eminent domain to acquire property for the stadium.
