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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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Alabama ranked 47th in the nation for health, report finds

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter The Yellowhammer State has the second-highest rates of cardiovascular death and infant mortality, a new report ranking the 50 states on a number of health issues found. Alabama has the third-highest rates of premature death and diabetes. It also comes in within the bottom-five for frequent physical distress, obesity … Continued
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December 27, 2016

Finance, Revenue officials suggest reforms for budget process

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Legislators are attempting to find a long-term fix for Alabama’s seemingly endless General Fund budgeting woes. But that long-term fix seems far in the distance. Today, officials from the executive branch offered their input to the Legislative Task Force on Budget Reform, a joint committee of the Alabama Legislature … Continued
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December 15, 2016

Private probation company to pay settlement to three Alabamians

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Three Alabamians will receive a settlement from a private probation company after a lawsuit filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center in March. Judicial Correction Services, a company based in Georgia that functions as a private parole agency for municipal courts, will pay an undisclosed amount of money to three … Continued
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December 14, 2016

State Legislature receives high marks from the American Conservative Union

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—The 2016 Session of the Alabama Legislature received high marks for fiscal and social conservatism from the American Conservative Union on their conservatism report card this year. The ACU praised the Alabama House and Senate for enacting more conservative legislation during their session this year. The ACU scores ever … Continued
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December 13, 2016

Birmingham Rep. Oliver Robinson resigns House seat

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter Democrat Rep. Oliver Robinson from Birmingham has decided his time is up on Goat Hill. On Wednesday, Robinson announced he would retire from the Alabama House of Representatives. Robinson, who has represented House District 58 in Birmingham since 1998, said he was retiring because his daughter has taken a … Continued
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December 1, 2016

Merrill certifies record Alabama voter turnout

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Secretary of State John Merrill, Gov. Robert Bentley and Attorney General Luther Strange on Tuesday certified election results for the State marking a year of record voter turnout in the Yellowhammer State. On Nov. 8, more than 63 percent of registered voters, 2,137,482 voters, turned out to cast their … Continued
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November 30, 2016

Prison mental health lawsuit moves forward as class action

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter A federal judge ruled Friday that a lawsuit filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center against the Alabama Department of Corrections can move forward as a class-action lawsuit. US District Judge Myron Thompson ruled that the case, which alleges that Alabama prisoners have been denied mental health care, can … Continued
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November 29, 2016