Tag: Jack Williams
Lawmakers to vote on bill to decriminalize midwifery, allow more home...
Having a home birth in Alabama may soon be a lot easier if lawmakers give the green-light to a bill in the state House...
Alabama State Rep. Jack Williams announces he will not seek re-election
Vestavia Hills-Republican, State Rep Jack Williams announced he will not not seek re-election at the end of his term Monday morning.
Williams, 59, has been a member of the...
Reactions to the Mike Hubbard guilty verdicts
A jury found Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard guilty on 12 of 23 felony ethics charges Friday. He was acquitted on the other charges.
Here's...
Alabama legislative preview: May 3 — May 4, 2016
Two days. That's all Alabama's state lawmakers have to complete their legislative priorities for the year. Some bills will end up languishing in the...
Alabama House passes anti-human trafficking bill
The Alabama House has approved a bill to crack down on predators seeking to purchase sex via human trafficking, what many consider the last...
Jack Williams: Easter reflections and Governor Robert Bentley
I am sitting at my computer on the Saturday of Easter weekend thinking about the past week in Alabama politics and in the life...
Mobile delegation opposes amendment to allow vote on minimum wage hike
The House Committee on Mobile County Legislation met Wednesday to discuss a slew of local legislation, including HB248 from Rep. Napoleon Bracy (D-Mobile). The constitutional amendment...
Montgomery convention seeks to tackle Alabama human trafficking
A multitude of groups gathered at Embassy Suites in Montgomery Friday for a convention aimed at finding ways to end the scourge of human...
Jack Williams takes issue with ALGOP resolution rebuking Mike Hubbard
State Rep. Jack Williams is not happy with the Alabama GOP's steering committee's resolution calling for House Speaker Mike Hubbard to step down, saying his ethics case...
Is John Archibald correct? You decide, is Jack Williams gutting ethics...
John Archibald wrote a column for Al.com accusing Rep. Jack Williams and the legislature of attempting to "gut the ethics law." Williams didn't mince words...
