7. Alabama men’s basketball’s dream for a national championship died in Phoenix but head coach Nate Oats says this is not the end: “We have to use this game as motivation going into the next year.” The UConn Huskies were too much as they secured their chance at back-to-back men’s basketball national championships with an 86-72 victory over the Crimson Tide.

6. The University of Alabama College of Education has initiated “Teach in Bama,” a program aimed at cultivating and retaining exceptional teachers within Alabama’s schools by offering scholarships and career resources. The first two school districts have now signed on, Tuscaloosa City Schools and Greene County Schools and more are expected.

5. A back-and-forth between a member of the Alabama Ethics Commission and the guy trying to remake the rules has taken to the airwaves and is getting ugly with State Rep. Matt Simpson (R-Daphne) suggesting ethics board member Stan McDonald violated ethics rules by contributing to campaigns, a felony McDonald admits. McDonald’s case now awaits a decision from Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall regarding prosecution and the Alabama State Senate still needs to pass Simpson’s reforms for them to become law.

4. State Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) expressed support for Alabama workers’ right to organize but emphasized the necessity of a secret ballot for unionization and said his proposal conditions employer eligibility for economic incentives on conducting unionization votes via secret ballot, rather than solely relying on signed labor organization authorization cards. Orr highlighted the importance of preventing coercion from both employers and unions, stating that secret ballots allow employees to make decisions free from pressure. He also expressed concerns about potential economic repercussions if Alabama becomes known as a high-union state, citing possible impacts on job creation and corporate investment in the state.

3. The Alabama State House wants to make it clear squatters don’t have a claim to anyone’s home in Alabama so the Alabama House of Representatives unanimously passed HB182, bipartisan legislation sponsored by State Rep. Craig Lipscomb (R-Gadsden), that increases penalties for those entering residences unlawfully and for individuals presenting falsified ownership documents to enshrine property rights. Currently, Alabama law requires someone occupy a property continuously for 20 years to claim squatters’ rights through adverse possession but Lipscomb emphasized the importance of protecting property rights,  citing problems in other states.

2. Much to the chagrin of the media and their Democrats who lauded President Joe Biden’s previous record fundraising haul, former President Donald Trump’s campaign raised $50.5 million at a Florida fundraiser, surpassing Biden’s recent $26 million collection at a New York event. Trump emphasized key issues like tax cuts and border security, signaling strong support from GOP donors, and the media is on the attack because Trump said he will keep taxes low.

1. A new bill tackles obscenity in children’s’ books available at a public library and the usual degenerates are squealing even though their usual cries of censorship have been ignored as absurd. So now the tactic is to suggest the bill stopping this garbage from being funded by taxpayers, they are suggesting the bill describing the filth is filth. Now even aldotcom’s John Archibald out-of-touch thought leader finds himself without any solid ground to stand on. He laments that there would be no more drag shows in libraries, argues that the Bible “violates a lot of the standards laid out in this bill” but ignores its historical exemption in the bill, and farcically calls the bill a “serious attack on thought, and expression, if it did not seek to criminalize an important, service-oriented profession,” as if librarians should be expected to provide smut to kids with legal protections to do so.

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Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN, Talk 99.5 and News Radio 1440 from 10-11 a.m., and on Talk Radio 103.9 FM/730AM WUMP from 3-4 p.m.