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Budget Battles Show Republicans Lack Plan to Lead Alabama

  By Rep. Darrio Melton As students across Alabama are preparing to head back to school, Alabama’s legislators are heading back to Montgomery to continue work on the state’s general fund budget. During the regular legislative session, the Republican supermajority brought up bills to name an official state desert and an official state crustacean, which … Continued
August 4, 2015

Our kids know iPads and iPhones, but do Alabama schools prepare them for the iFuture?

  By Rep. Darrio Melton If you’ve spent any amount of time around a young person lately, you’ve probably had a tough time prying the iPhone, iPad, iSomething, away from them.  The new generation of students is growing up in a digital age–one where they can’t imagine having to stop to use a pay phone, … Continued
July 28, 2015

Patchwork Solutions Aren’t Necessary, Reasonable or Realistic When We Address The Budget Crisis

By Rep. Darrio Melton Last week, Governor Bentley called the Alabama Legislature into a special session to address the state’s looming budget shortfall. Now this isn’t a new problem- we  had 30 meeting days to do the business of the state. However, instead of addressing the budget shortfall, the Republicans allowed bills up for discussion … Continued
July 14, 2015

Life, Liberty And The Pursuit Of Healthcare

By Rep. Darrio Melton Over the weekend, friends and family gathered together to celebrate our nation’s Independence Day.  More than 200 years ago, we came together to sign a paper declaring our independence from England and affirming that we are endowed with certain unalienable rights, including life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Yet across … Continued
July 7, 2015

It’s not the chicken or the egg; It’s growing a better Alabama

By Rep. Darrio Melton There has been a great deal of talk in the past weeks about racism, about equality, about opportunity.  As we come on the heels of Independence Day, there’s no better time to discuss what we should be doing–239 years after our Declaration of Independence–to form a more perfect union each day. … Continued
June 30, 2015

Connectivity Is Critical: The Importance Of Wiring Rural Alabama

By Rep. Darrio Melton As we’re looking forward to the future of Alabama, I can’t help but continue to look at the way jobs and education are linked. Companies want to locate where there are quality schools and a well-trained workforce, and without that infrastructure our economic development plans for the state are useless. Currently, … Continued
June 16, 2015

Republicans Must Start with the Men in the Mirror

By Rep. Darrio Melton Last week, the Alabama Legislature did something that no working Alabamian would ever consider: they left work before the job was done. Under state law, the Legislature is allowed to meet 30 legislative days each year, however the Republican Supermajority chose to close the books and call it quits on day … Continued
June 9, 2015

Fiscally Conservative doesn’t mean slash and burn

By Rep. Darrio Melton This week, legislators return to Montgomery for the last week of the legislative session, but the rumor around the State House is that legislators aren’t home free.  The Governor has promised from the beginning of the legislative session that he will veto a budget that doesn’t include new revenue to support … Continued
June 2, 2015