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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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White Nationalist speech at Auburn ends with mostly peaceful protests

Photo: Dakota Sumpter / The Auburn Plainsman By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter AUBURN— White nationalist leader Richard Spencer, known for coining the term “alt-right,” faced down the administrative opposition and hundreds of protestors to speak at Auburn University Tuesday night. Inside the event, Spencer, who became known nationally for being punched at an anti-Trump rally in January, … Continued
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April 19, 2017

More departures as staff shakeup continues in the Governor’s Office

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY — Gov. Kay Ivey has accepted the resignation of several more staff holdovers from Gov. Robert Bentley’s resignation as a shakeup in the Governor’s Office continues. Zach Lee, the former director of local and government affairs for Bentley, has been let go from the Governor’s staff, the Governor’s spokesperson … Continued
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April 18, 2017

Prominent white supremacist expected to hold rally at Auburn University

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter AUBURN— Controversial white nationalist leader Richard Spencer, known for coining the term “alt-right,” is planning to speak at Auburn University against the wishes of university administrators who canceled his previously scheduled speech. Spencer announced last week that he planned to make an appearance at Auburn to hold a talk and … Continued
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April 18, 2017

Ivey promises to turn the State around, strengthen Ethics Laws

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY — In the first press conference of her young administration, Gov. Kay Ivey promised to turn the State around after years of political turmoil following the ouster of a governor, a House speaker and a chief justice. Ivey, 72, who assumed the State’s highest post Monday after former … Continued
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April 14, 2017

Stan Stabler leaves position at Alabama Law Enforcement Agency

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY — Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Secretary Stan Stabler is the next to go amid staff shakeups at the Governor’s Office. Gov. Kay Ivey accepted Stabler’s resignation on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Ivey requested letters of resignation from all of former Gov. Robert Bentley’s staff and appointed cabinet members. So … Continued
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April 13, 2017

Ivey “evaluating” US Senate Special Election date ahead of court hearing

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY — Alabama’s new governor, Kay Ivey, is considering changes to former Gov. Robert Bentley’s timeline for the special election to permanently fill Jeff Sessions’ US Senate seat. “She hasn’t made any decisions on that yet,” said Eileen Jones, Ivey’s spokesperson. A court hearing is scheduled for Wednesday at … Continued
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April 12, 2017

Ending Judicial Override: Gov. Kay Ivey’s first signature

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY — The first bill Gov. Kay Ivey signed after becoming Governor Monday evening was a bill that will put an end to Judicial Override in capital punishment. The bill will now become law. Ivey signed her first act, Senate Bill 16, sponsored by Sen. Dick Brewbaker in the Senate … Continued
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April 12, 2017

SPLC monitoring a white nationalist group spreading fliers at Auburn

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter AUBURN — The Montgomery-based Southern Poverty Law Center is monitoring a group claiming to be an alt-right student organization called the “White Student Union” at Auburn University. The group, which previously proclaimed itself to be the Whites of the Alt-Right Educating Auburn Gentiles for Liberation and Empowerment (WAR EAGLE), has … Continued
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April 12, 2017