Tag: John Cooper
Supreme Court says work on new coastal bridge can resume
The Alabama Supreme Court ruled Friday that the state can continue work on a new bridge that will give motorists an alternate...
Alabama transportation director John Cooper arrested on misdemeanor harassment charge
Alabama Transportation Director John Cooper was arrested Monday on a misdemeanor harassment charge, jail records show.
Cooper, 75, was...
Court declines to lift injunction blocking coastal bridge project
A divided Alabama Supreme Court on Friday declined to lift a preliminary injunction blocking construction of a new coastal bridge.
Judge halts bridge project, says Alabama transportation director had ‘personal vendetta’
Driven by a “personal vendetta” against a toll bridge company, Alabama’s transportation director planned to build an unnecessary bridge across the Intracoastal...
Joe Biden nominates 4 for Tennessee Valley Authority board
President Joe Biden has nominated four people for the board of a federal utility.
The White House announced Tuesday that Biden has picked...
Will toll opposition continue to make a difference in mayoral elections...
In the summer of 2019, the opposition to the toll bridge on I-10 in Alabama reached a fever pitch. The project included a new...
Rauf Bolden: Proposed bridge project will fail in Orange Beach
Last month, Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) Director John Cooper went on the record with John Sharp of al.com. Cooper said, “People just...
How ALDOT and John Cooper are exploiting the weaknesses of the...
The Alabama Public Records Law is a series of laws designed to guarantee that the public has access to the records of government bodies at all...
Kicking Jim Zeigler out of statehouse backfiring? Be careful what you...
In a classic case of be careful what you ask for, State Auditor Jim Zeigler, who was told in April of 2018 that we...
Five things you need to know about Jim Zeigler
Incumbent State Auditor Jim Zeigler ran circles around his opponents in the June primary, taking home 55 percent of the vote. But now that the...