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Chip Brownlee

Chip Brownlee is a former political reporter, online content manager and webmaster at the Alabama Political Reporter. He is now a reporter at The Trace, a non-profit newsroom covering guns in America.

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Department of Corrections taps former federal prison official as new deputy commissioner

The Alabama Department of Corrections has chosen a new deputy commissioner. The department on Monday announced the appointment of a longtime federal prisons official, Charles Daniels, as the new deputy commissioner of operations. Daniels arrives at the Alabama Department of Corrections at a time of difficulty, as the department has been struggling with aging and overcrowded prisons … Continued
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January 8, 2019

Ivey appoints two women to Jefferson County judgeships

Gov. Kay Ivey has appointed two women to fill open circuit court judgeships in Jefferson County. Ivey appointed Circuit Court Judge Teresa Pulliam and District Court Judge Shanta Owens to the county’s criminal court bench. Pulliam, a Republican, already serves as a circuit judge in the county’s criminal court division, but lost re-election to a … Continued
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January 3, 2019

Nine stories to keep an eye on in 2019

9. Who will challenge Sen. Doug Jones in 2020? It may have been only a year ago that Doug Jones won in a historic victory that sent a Democrat from Alabama to the U.S. Senate for the first time in a quarter century, but he’s up for re-election in 2020. With that election just around the corner, … Continued
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December 31, 2018

Secretary of State takes legal action against nine campaigns for finance violations

Secretary of State John Merrill is taking legal action against nine noncompliant campaigns who have unpaid campaign finance fines from the last election cycle. Merrill initiated legal action in Montgomery County Circuit Court against eight Democratic candidates and one Republican candidate. New campaign finance laws passed in 2015 went into effect with the start of … Continued
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December 28, 2018

$2.5 million in grants awarded to help homeless Alabamians

The state is awarding nearly $2.5 million in grants to help homeless Alabama residents and those who are in danger of becoming homeless. The grants, which are being awarded by Gov. Kay Ivey, can be used to find immediate housing or to assist those who are struggling to keep their housing. The Emergency Solutions Grant … Continued
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December 27, 2018