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Alabama House Majority Leader Being Sued by Regions Bank

By Lee Hedgepeth Alabama Political Reporter DECATUR – At a time when Alabama’s top Republican in the GOP Supermajority-led House of Representatives is under investigation by a Grand Jury for public corruption, the chamber’s second-in-command is being sued. Alabama House Majority Leader Mickey Hammond, R-Decatur, is being sued by Regions bank for allegedly failing to … Continued
August 19, 2014

The Speaker Says, “Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire” And I Believe Him (Opinion)

By Lee HedgepethAlabama Political Reporter Four years ago this month, when Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard was the Chairman of the Alabama Republican Party, he made history making predictions. Even then, with no possibility of a public corruption investigation with himself as the suspect, his comments were news. In mid 2010, the bingo investigation … Continued
August 19, 2014

Hubbard’s Dominion: VA US Senate Candidate Entangled By Speaker’s Woes

By Lee HedgepethAlabama Political Reporter RICHMOND, VA – In a newly released ad called “Empire,” the Virginia Democratic Party attacks Ed Gillespie, a former RNC chairman and current US Senate candidate, for his possible role in the dollar-for-dollar money funneling scheme between national GOP PAC the Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC) and now Speaker of … Continued
August 14, 2014

Candidate to AL Democratic Chairwoman: “Are you a Lesbian or Bisexual?”

By Lee Hedgepeth Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY – The Alabama Democratic Party is set to reorganize itself this weekend at a quadrennial meeting of its governing body, the State Democratic Executive Committee, in which the fractured group aims to fill vacant committee seats and potentially elect new leadership. Currently, the only declared candidate for chairman … Continued
August 13, 2014

SOS Says No Penalty Exists for Missed Certification Deadlines

By Lee Hedgepeth Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY – The Alabama Secretary of State’s Office has confirmed that under current State law, that no penalty exists when a political party fails to certify candidates before the statutory deadline, an electoral misstep that has occurred frequently this election cycle on both sides of the aisle. According to … Continued
August 12, 2014

Rumble at the Ritz: Siegelman Trial Judge Arrested in Atlanta

By Lee Hedgepeth Alabama Political Reporter ATLANTA, GA – An Alabama Federal Judge was arrested last weekend in Georgia and charged with battery after he allegedly assaulted his wife in an Atlanta hotel room. According to Atlanta police representative Kim Jones, Mark Fuller, a Federal judge for the Middle District of Alabama, was arrested on … Continued
August 12, 2014

Payday Loan Database Survives Legal Challenge

By Lee Hedgepeth Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY – A Montgomery judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against the Alabama Department of Banking by about a dozen payday lenders alleging that the state agency overreached by implementing a payday loan database, a move the lenders claimed had no basis in state law. In late 2013, Governor … Continued
August 8, 2014

Sorting Through the Speaker’s Dirty Laundry

By Lee HedgepethAlabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY – Speaker of the Alabama House Mike Hubbard has dismissed the contents of a recently leaked internal RSLC memo in which the national GOP group assesses dubious and likely illegal activities surrounding Hubbard’s 2010 “Storming” of the State House, saying the report of the document is “rehashing events already … Continued
August 6, 2014

Supreme Court May Decide Fate of Lee County Grand Jury

By Lee HedgepethAlabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY – According to indicted Rep. Barry Moore’s attorney, the Alabama Supreme Court has issued instructions saying it will decide the legal legitimacy of the Lee County Grand Jury currently investigating public corruption in the GOP legislative supermajority, along with other “constitutional issues” surrounding the prosecution. Bill Baxley, head of … Continued
August 4, 2014