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Law Firm that Exposed Mike Hubbard in Memo Will Sue Obama for US House

By Lee Hedgepeth Alabama Political Reporter WASHINGTON, D.C. – Baker Hostetler, the law firm that authored the memo exposing the money funneling scheme between officials in the Republican State Leadership Committee, a national GOP PAC, and Speaker of the Alabama House – then ALGOP chairman – Mike Hubbard, will now take on a new, even … Continued
August 28, 2014

AG Strange Tells Hubbard in Letter: No Go, Joe

By Lee HedgepethAlabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY – In a letter dated August 27, the Office of Attorney General Luther Strange notified State Representative and Democratic candidate for AG Joe Hubbard that they will not be providing a response to a legal question for which Hubbard had asked for an official AG’s opinion. Rep. Hubbard, D-Montgomery, … Continued
August 28, 2014

Bonner Bonuses: Campaign Cash Transfers May Violate PAC-to-PAC Ban

By Lee Hedgepeth Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY – From January until days before this year’s June 3 primary, the political campaign committee – the campaign war chest – of now retired Congressman Jo Bonner began to empty. Bonner, however, was not spending the money himself, as he is no longer running for public office, but … Continued
August 28, 2014

Lowell Barron Responds to Official Dismissal of Charges

By Lee Hedgepeth Alabama Political Reporter This week, after unanimously losing an appeal to the Alabama Supreme Court over evidentiary matters in the case, Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange formally moved to drop all charges against former State Senate Pro Tem Lowell Barron, D-Fyffe, and a judge has now certified that decision. Barron had originally … Continued
August 28, 2014

Study Shows LGBT Youth in Alabama Face Enormous Challenges, Remain Optimistic

By Lee Hedgepeth Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY – A new study released by the nonprofit organization Human Rights Campaign shows that LGBT youth in Alabama face particularly persistent challenges. Despite this, though, the statistics revealed in the survey show Alabama’s LGBT community is an optimistic one. According to the survey, in which over ten thousand … Continued
August 27, 2014

AG Strange Drops All Charges Against Former Sen. Lowell Barron

By Lee Hedgepeth Alabama Political Reporter After a court battle lasting since April 2013, all criminal charges against former State Senator Lowell Barron have been dropped. Barron, a Fyffe Democrat, was indicted last year along with his campaign staffer for alleged misuse of campaign funds. AG Strange and former Senator Barron’s attorney, Joe Espy, have, … Continued
August 26, 2014

Minda Riley Secures Client $72K State Contract to Find Alabama’s Median Income

By Lee Hedgepeth Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY – Minda Riley Campbell, daughter of former Governor Bob Riley and current lobbyist, just secured her client Baker Donelson Berman, a $72,000 one year contract for determining the median Alabamian household income. Despite this pricey State government contract, the Federal government collects such data through the US Census … Continued
August 26, 2014

AAA-Like Program in NC “Fails Children,” Judge Rules it Unconstitutional

By Lee Hedgepeth Alabama Political Reporter RALEIGH, NC – A State Superior Court judge in North Carolina has held a program strikingly similar to the Alabama Accountability Act unconstitutional, saying it “fails children,” and is unlawful on at least half a dozen different legal grounds. The law, called in North Carolina the “Hope Opportunity Scholarship,” … Continued
August 25, 2014

Ducking the Debate? Bentley, Griffith Meet at Candidate Forum (FULL VIDEO)

By Lee HedgepethAlabama Political Reporter ORANGE BEACH – Candidates for Alabama’s highest elected offices met yesterday at Perdido Beach Resort for the first, and so far, only candidate forum this election cycle. The event was held at the annual convention of the Association of County Commissioners of Alabama on Thursday in Orange Beach. Speaking for … Continued
August 22, 2014

Division in the House: AL Democrats Hold Tense Reorganizational Meeting (W/Video)

By Lee Hedgepeth Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY – The State Democratic Executive Committee, the governing body of the Alabama Democratic Party, met last Saturday at the Crump Center in Montgomery. With this being the party’s quadrennial reorganizational meeting, many thought change was sure to surface. Not much did, and a vocal minority of the committee’s members … Continued
August 19, 2014