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Please, let’s not legislate for hate

By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter With all the challenges facing the Alabama Legislature – a need for prison reform, a broke Medicaid system, apparent widespread corruption – some lawmakers seem awfully focused on non-issues that basically are intended to bash the state’s LGBTQ community. Our politicians never get tired of these hot-button issues: Let’s … Continued
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February 15, 2017
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Things are getting complex

INSIDE THE STATEHOUSE by Steve Flowers This third year of the quadrennium Regular Session of the legislature has recently gotten a lot more complex. These next four months will be trying times for the Alabama legislature. They will not only have to deal with a beleaguered General Fund Budget that has to feed a money-eating … Continued
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February 15, 2017
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Alabama Legislature Week 1: Strange from the jump

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter It was a nice, quiet opening week in the Alabama Legislature. Ha. Just kidding. It was mass chaos, like usual, and right out of the gate. From the governor’s mistress weeping from her balcony seat over words she (likely) wrote, to arguments over Civil War monuments, to an only-in-Alabama … Continued
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February 10, 2017
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The phoniness of the State House

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter It’s the phoniness of politics that bothers people the most, I think. The corruption is bad. The pettiness is sometimes just silly. But the phoniness surrounding politics is never-ending, all-consuming and unavoidable. And it’s almost unbearable to endure silently at times. Take Wednesday afternoon at Alabama’s State House, for … Continued
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February 9, 2017

Permit-less carry is on a fast-track to passage

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Monday, the Alabama Senate Republican Caucus released its “Strengthen Alabama” Legislative agenda for the 2017 Regular Session. Senate Republicans are promising to provide tax cuts for Alabama’s working families, reform State government to save taxpayer dollars, protect Alabamians’ Second Amendment rights, and uphold the sanctity of human life. … Continued
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February 7, 2017

Jeffco GOP Condemns Birmingham Resolution Designating the City as a Sanctuary City

By Brandon Moseley Wednesday, February 1, 2017 the Jefferson County Republican Party Executive Committee approved a resolution condemning the Birmingham City Council’s vote to designate Alabama’s largest city as a “Sanctuary City”. Jefferson County Republican Party Chairman Sallie Bryant said in a statement, “Not only are the actions of the Birmingham City Council expressly against … Continued
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February 6, 2017

2017 Legislative Session preview

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, February 7, the Alabama 2017 regular legislative session begins. Almost anything can happen when the Alabama legislature is in session and this session is no different. Here are a few of the issues facing our State Legislators. 1) Medicaid needs more money. Anybody who has been paying … Continued
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February 2, 2017
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The people want to vote

INSIDE THE STATEHOUSE by Steve Flowers During the past couple of months everywhere I go people continually ask me why in the world the legislature could not simply put the issue of whether they could vote for or against a lottery on the November ballot. The fact that this inquiry has lingered for this long … Continued
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February 1, 2017

General Fund uncertainty may hinder more criminal justice appropriations

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—The Alabama Medicaid Agency isn’t the only part of the State government with funding issues, and uncertainty over the future of Medicaid is spilling over into other agencies’ funding as well. The Alabama Legislature will begin its regular legislative session in just a few weeks. As lawmakers prepare, the session … Continued
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January 26, 2017