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Gov. Bentley Refunds Stop Common Core Money

By Lee Hedgepeth Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY – According to campaign finance reports filed this week, Governor Bentley received – and then swiftly refunded – a donation from the Stop Common Core Political Action Committee, a so-called PAC whose purpose is supporting candidates opposed to the educational standards. The filing records a campaign donation of … Continued
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May 28, 2014

Clouse Favors Medicaid Expansion, Says ACA Saved AL Money

By Lee Hedgepeth Alabama Political Reporter Chairman of the Alabama House of Representatives Ways and Means General Fund Committee, Representative Steve Clouse, R-Ozark, has recently told media outlets that he favors the expansion of Medicaid under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, more widely known as Obamacare, as long as Alabama’s share of funding … Continued
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May 23, 2014

Storming the Courthouse: The Road to Lee County

By Lee HedgepethAlabama Political Reporter
This article, “The Road to Lee County,” focuses on events involving current Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard, including his tactics as Alabama GOP Chairman in the “Storming of the Statehouse” in 2010, his actions in office as Speaker, the lead up to current grand jury empanelment, and his current role in … Continued
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May 22, 2014

Greene County Bingo Raids Increase Statewide Unemployment Rate

By Lee Hedgepeth Alabama Political Reporter GREENE COUNTY – Statistics released by Alabama Department of Labor show that job losses in one county in Alabama, Greene County, unilaterally brought up the state’s average unemployment rate to 6.9 percent last month, up from 6.7 percent the previous month and 6.5 percent one year ago. “Only Greene … Continued
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May 19, 2014

In New Book Warren Attacks Bachus

By Lee Hedgepeth Alabama Political Reporter In her newly released New York Times best-selling book A Fighting Chance, US Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, takes no pains in spelling out how GOP leadership and rank and file members of Congress fought against the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an agency now tasked with protecting … Continued
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May 16, 2014

Obama-Mania: President Becomes Subject of AL Campaign Ads

By Lee Hedgepeth Alabama Political Reporter As of late, with the highly contested GOP primaries just two weeks away, campaign ads have been popping up virtually everywhere across the State. Interestingly, though, in some races, the subject of the ads usually include not the opponents at hand, but another foe entirely: President Barack Hussein Obama. … Continued
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May 15, 2014

Immigration Law Costs State Another Six Figure Settlement

By Lee Hedgepeth Alabama Political Reporter Alabama’s controversial immigration law – HB56 – despite being on life support after having a variety of its provision struck down by courts, is still costing taxpayers hundreds of thousands in legal settlements. This month a settlement between the state and the Southern Poverty Law Center was announced in … Continued
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May 15, 2014

Busting the Speaker: Has Hubbard Been Indicted?

By Lee HedgepethAlabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY – Given all the circumstances, it seems that Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives Mike Hubbard may have already been indicted by the Lee County Grand Jury currently investigating public corruption in the State. Hubbard was named in both the plea bargain and statement of facts associated with … Continued
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May 14, 2014