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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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Speaker: House won’t be held back by Bentley’s resignation

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY — Gov. Robert Bentley’s political career may be over, but the 2017 legislative session isn’t. House Speaker Mac McCutcheon, R-Madison, said Monday night that he is ready to get back to work. “This will not affect us at all,” McCutcheon said after Bentley’s resignation and Gov. Kay Ivey’s … Continued
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April 11, 2017

ALGOP Steering Committee calls for Bentley’s resignation

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Republican Party’s Steering Committee has joined the chorus of state leaders calling for Gov. Robert Bentley’s immediate resignation over the fallout from his relationship with a former top political adviser. The party’s 21-member main governing body passed a resolution Sunday night calling for Bentley to step … Continued
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April 10, 2017

Impeachment is back on after an Alabama Supreme Court ruling

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY — A ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court on Saturday will allow the House of Representatives’ impeachment proceedings against Gov. Robert Bentley to continue next week. The ruling comes a day after another judge delayed the proceedings. The ALSC issued a stay on the temporary restraining order issued on … Continued
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April 8, 2017

REPORT: Bentley used State law enforcement to facilitate affair

By Chip Brownlee and Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter A highly anticipated, bombshell report from the House Judiciary Committee’s Special Counsel Jack Sharman was released today and it drew one major conclusion: Gov. Robert Bentley used the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency to advance his personal interests. “[Bentley], in a process characterized by increasing obsession and paranoia, … Continued
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April 7, 2017

House set to move forward with release of Bentley report, impeachment

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY — Despite efforts from Gov. Robert Bentley’s attorneys, the House of Representatives plans to move forward with impeachment hearings next Monday and with the release of a written report this afternoon detailing the House’s investigation into the Governor. The release of the report this afternoon will come only two … Continued
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April 7, 2017

Bentley attorneys: Charges against the Governor need “context”

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY — Two attorneys for Gov. Robert Bentley had important points to make at a press conference Thursday: The basis for the Ethics Commissions’ charges against the Governor needs context, and you don’t impeach on ethical issues. David Bryne and Ross Garber, two attorneys working for the Governor’s Office, … Continued
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April 7, 2017

The Senate’s most powerful member wants Bentley gone

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY — Calls for Gov. Robert Bentley to resign have now reached the upper echelons of the Alabama Senate with Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh giving Bentley some stark advice: For the good of the State, step down. “I hope at the end of the day that the Governor … Continued
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April 7, 2017