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State issues warrants for persons spreading wild hogs

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Monday, November 28, 2016, the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources announced that over a dozen persons were indicted for the illegal transport and possession of wild hogs. Hogs are not a species that are native to North America. The first hogs that were brought to Alabama came … Continued
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November 29, 2016

Six Million Plus and Counting on Another Failed System

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Another one of Governor Robert Bentley’s bright ideas to help bring the State into the “digital-age” is crumbling, as the time and attendance software known as eSTART was abandoned by the Department of Human Resources (DHR). A recent memo from the DHR alerted staff that, ‘the use of e-START, … Continued
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November 3, 2016

Rural Caucus Holds Meeting With ADEM, Ag Leaders to Discuss Fees on Poultry Farmers

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, August 16, the members of the House Rural Caucus held a lengthy meeting with top Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) officials and Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries John McMillan (R), state Veterinarian Tommy Frazier as well as representatives of the Alabama Poultry and Egg Association and … Continued
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August 17, 2016

Bar-S Foods is Recalling Hot Dogs for Possible Listeria Contamination

By Staff Report Wednesday, July 20, Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries Consumer Food Safety Inspectors are conducting recall effectiveness checks on several hot dog and corn dog products. On Tuesday, the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced that Bar-S Foods Company, an Altus, Okla. establishment, is recalling approximately 372,684 … Continued
July 22, 2016

“Just the Facts Ma’am” More On eSTART

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—After reporting on the troubled eSTART time and attendance system, the Alabama Political Reporter received an email from a Director at the Department of Finance saying, “eSTART is the best thing to happen to state government in years. Ziegler is clueless and needs to fire his staff if they … Continued
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July 20, 2016

Public Officials Join Launch of Engage Cuba Alabama State Council

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Engage Cuba, the leading advocacy organization working to end the travel and trade embargo on Cuba, will join State leaders at the container facility at the Port Authority State Docks in Mobile, to launch the Engage Cuba Alabama State Council, later today. A network of agriculture, business, technology, manufacturing, … Continued
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June 28, 2016

House Passes Law Approving Hunting Over Bait

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, February 18, the Alabama House of Representatives passed House Bill 43, which would end Alabama’s law against shooting deer and hogs while they are eating bait. Under current Alabama law, it is illegal to place a wildlife feeder on private land and then shoot the wildlife that … Continued
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February 19, 2016

Committee Approves Hunting Over Bait

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, February 3, the Alabama House of Representatives’ Agriculture and Forestry Committee debated legislation which would end Alabama’s law against shooting deer and hogs while they are eating bait. Currently, it is illegal in Alabama to place a wildlife feeder on private land and then shoot the wildlife … Continued
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February 8, 2016

Bill Banning Local Governments From Banning GMOs Passes House AG Committee

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, February 3, the Alabama House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry passed a bill, House Bill 30, making the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries the sole authority for the regulation of seeds in Alabama.  The bill was sponsored by House Agriculture and Forestry Committee Chairman David Sessions (R-Grand … Continued
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February 4, 2016