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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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Governor’s Office says 2015 hospitalization was the result of altitude sickness

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY — In response to questions from the Alabama Political Reporter, Gov. Kay Ivey’s office said Monday that her 2015 hospitalization in Colorado was the result of altitude sickness not strokes. “Many born and bred southerners like Governor Ivey are affected by altitude when visiting Colorado,” Ivey’s press secretary Eileen Jones said. … Continued
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May 23, 2017

Governor may consider a Special Session over prison construction

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY — Governor Kay Ivey may already be considering calling a Special Session to give lawmakers time to address one issue that didn’t make it the 2017 Legislative Session this year: prison construction. At a press conference Friday, Ivey said she would consider calling a Special Session if Sen. Cam … Continued
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May 22, 2017

More children with Autism will soon have access to needed therapy

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY — More children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Alabama will soon have access to a needed but expensive therapy after the passage of one of this Session’s most-watched pieces of Legislation. Last week, the Legislature approved a bill that would force insurance companies to provide insurance coverage for an … Continued
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May 22, 2017

House committee approves $845 million prison construction plan

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY  — The Alabama House Judiciary Committee has approved an ambitious, albeit controversial plan to build three new regional men’s prisons and a new women’s prison at a cost of up to $845 million, which would be financed through revenue bonds. The committee voted Tuesday morning 9-5 to give … Continued
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May 16, 2017

Tuesday committee vote to decide future of prison construction plan

 By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY — An up-or-down vote in committee Tuesday will decide the future of the Alabama Prison Transformation Initiative, an $845-million plan two years in the making that would authorize the construction of three new regional men’s prisons and a new women’s prison. The House Judiciary Committee will meet Tuesday morning … Continued
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May 16, 2017