Alabama Power CEO Jeff Peoples used company funds for black prostitutes and...
Jeff Peoples The current CEO of Alabama Power spent thousands of company dollars on black prostitutes and "party pads," according to a report from longtime Alabama attorney and businessman Donald...
View ArticleAlabama political veteran Steve Flowers, perhaps needing a refresher course...
Steve Flowers Steve Flowers has held a prominent voice in Alabama politics for roughly 30 years -- as a state lawmaker, commentator, author, and historian. His weekly syndicated newspaper column,...
View ArticleWatkins' revelations about prostitutes and "party pads" throws King &...
Southern Company's meeting before the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission about Reactors 3 and 4 at the Vogtle Nuclear Plant in Georgia was cancelled yesterday for the second time, according to a report...
View ArticleAlabama political figure, who called for Donald Watkins to be jailed for...
Steve Flowers A veteran Alabama political commentator, who called this week for Donald Watkins to be thrown in jail for his online journalism, has a domestic-violence arrest in his background. Steve...
View ArticleStephanie Flowers Patel, daughter of Alabama political columnist, faced three...
Stephanie Flowers Patel The adult daughter of Alabama political columnist Steve Flowers, who has called for Donald Watkins to be jailed for his aggressive reporting on the Southern Company/Alabama...
View ArticleSouthern Company executives meet in Atlanta amid promises of "sunshine and...
Alabama Power headquarters in Birmingham Southern Company executives have been meeting in Atlanta yesterday and today in an apparent effort to regroup and make plans for the racketeering scandal that...
View ArticleAlabama Power CEO Jeff Peoples' promise of "sunshine and transparency"...
Alabama Power CEO Jeff Peoples promised employees they would receive "sunshine and transparency" from him. But evidence suggests that promise did not hold up very long, according to a report at...
View ArticleCDLU advocacy group seeks investigation of Southern Company board member...
Kristine Svitnicki An oversight body for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has formally been asked to investigate former NRC Chairperson Kristine L. Svitnicki in her current role as a member...
View ArticleAlabama Power CEO Jeff Peoples' promise of "sunshine and transparency"...
Alabama Power CEO Jeff Peoples promised employees they would receive "sunshine and transparency" from him. But evidence suggests that promise did not hold up very long, according to a report at...
View ArticleSouthern Company's plans to cleanse its dirty books by spinning off Alabama...
Alabama Power: going for a spin?Southern Company might be planning to cleanse its dirty books by seeking a spinoff of Alabama Power, according to a report today from DonaldWatkins.com. Watkins, a...
View ArticleReports of a possible Alabama Power spinoff drives high anxiety among...
Jim Kerr: It's a matter of trustOnline journalist Donald Watkins was swamped with messages from Alabama Power employees and their loved ones after his report yesterday that the company might be spun...
View ArticleAs Birmingham focuses on environmental justice, Southern Company's "De Facto"...
K.B. Forbes (left) and Jim KerrJust-released audio files capture a high-level Southern Company executive dismissing concerns about environmental racism in the North Birmingham neighborhood, which is...
View ArticleSouthern Company board member David J. Grain saw his personal wealth explode...
David J. Grain A member of Southern Company's board of directors has used board connections to enrich himself while turning a blind eye to apparent misconduct that has the company engulfed in scandal,...
View ArticleWith public authorities seemingly helpless to take on lawlessness at Southern...
Donald Watkins Jr. and Donald Watkins Sr.Numerous readers have asked longtime Alabama attorney and businessman Donald Watkins why his online journalism has focused so heavily this month on the Southern...
View ArticleSouthern Company CEO Tom Fanning is almost out the door with loads of...
Tom Fanning CEO Tom Fanning is expected to retire soon at Southern Company, and he might hit the exits with a stash of ill-gotten gains -- you might call them "benefits" of a massive accounting-fraud...
View ArticleCurious inaction from Biden Administration, plus its close ties to a Southern...
Joe Biden and Southern Co. board member Ernest MonizHas the appointment during the Obama-Biden administration of a Secretary of Energy, who now is a member of the Southern Company's board of directors...
View ArticleFrom Clint Eastwood to Rambo and "The Art of War," Donald Watkins draws on...
What inspires a journalist to investigate wrongdoing? For longtime Alabama attorney and businessman Donald Watkins, who has become a leading voice in uncovering the racketeering and accounting-fraud...
View ArticleWhen America needs a "warrior" attorney general, the meek Merrick Garland is...
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland is ineffectual at his job, and President Joe Biden should replace him, according to an opinion piece from longtime Alabama attorney and businessman Donald Watkins....
View ArticleWith staggering debt lapping at their heels and Wall Street breathing down...
Plant Vogtle in Georgia, home to $21 billion in cost overruns An examination of financial statements shows Southern Company is "drowning in debt" -- caused mostly by massive cost overruns at...
View ArticleBernie Madoff might be long gone, but many of his tactics for financial fraud...
Bernie Madoff died in prison in 2021, while serving a 150-year sentence for orchestrating the largest financial fraud in history. The disgraced financier's legacy, however, appears to live on through...
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