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AEA and Teachers Rally for Public Education on Tuesday

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Alabama Education Association (AEA) has announced that they and members of the Alabama House Democratic Caucus, and the Alabama Education Retirees Association (AERA) will hold a rally on Tuesday in Montgomery to address public education concerns and their issues with the Education Trust Fund budget. House Minority Leader … Continued
March 18, 2014

Taxpayer Bill of Rights II Passes Legislature, Goes To Governor

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, March 3, the Alabama House of Representatives approved the Alabama Senate’s version of the “Alabama Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights II,” sponsored by State Representative Paul DeMarco (R) from Homewood. The Alabama Taxpayer Bill of Rights II sets up an independent tribunal to hear taxpayers’ appeals of both … Continued
March 11, 2014

Alabama Senate Passes Alabama Ahead Act

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, the Alabama State Senate passed the Alabama Ahead Act, SB1, which was sponsored by State Senator Gerald Dial (R) from Lineville. SB 1 will allow implementation of a law the legislature originally passed in 2012. The legislation improves upon current law by allowing touch-based devices, removing the … Continued
March 10, 2014

Equal Access to Athletics Bill Passes out of Committee

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The House Education Policy Committee held a public hearing on Wednesday, February 5 on the Equal Access To Athletics Bill sponsored by State Representative Mary Sue McClurkin (R) from Indian Springs.  Rep. McClurkin said that the bill would allow Alabama students who study at home through parental home school, … Continued
March 6, 2014

Controversial Spay and Neuter Clinic Legislation Passes House

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, February 25, 2014, the Alabama House of Representatives passed House Bill 141 which would make it lawful for veterinarians to work for non-profit spay and neuter clinic to operate legally in Alabama. HB 141 was sponsored by Representative Patricia Todd (D) from Birmingham. Alabama has four spay/neuter … Continued
March 3, 2014

AL Disability Advocacy Network Rally in Montgomery

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Over 130 members of the Alabama Disability Advocacy Network (ALDAN), many of them in wheel chairs, rallied in front of the Alabama State Capital Building on Wednesday. The members of ALDAN are asking that the Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services receive their $49.6 million budget request from the Education … Continued
February 21, 2014

B’ham Water Works Bill Causing Discord in Legislature (w/video)

By Lee Hedgepeth Alabama Political Reporter All will remember the days before the beginning of this year’s 2014 Regular Session of the Alabama Legislature when “non-controversy” was the prediction of the day. Most now though will concede, that that idea has flown out the window, with half the session over and bills flying out of … Continued
February 20, 2014

Advocates Urge Ways and Means Committee to Fund Alabama Breast and Cervical Cancer Program

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, the Ways and Means General Fund Committee of the Alabama House of Representatives met as part of the annual general fund budget. Advocates for the fight against breast cancer spoke to the Ways and Means committee asking them to continue to fund the Alabama Breast and Cervical … Continued
February 18, 2014

Military and Veterans Affairs Committee Met on Wednesday

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, February 14, the Alabama House of Representatives Military and Veterans Affairs Committee met. The General Counsel of the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs Sandy Speakman announced that the State of Alabama has been awarded the first ever Abraham Lincoln Excellence Award for Innovative State Program from the … Continued
February 17, 2014

House Passes Bill Protecting Doctors, Dentists, and Optometrists Right to Set Pricing

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, February 13, the Alabama House of Representatives passed legislation preventing licensing boards from requiring that medical professionals; specifically doctors, dentists, and optometrists from being required to accept any sort of insurance in order to be licensed by state of Alabama.  The legislation, House Bill 6 (HB 6) … Continued
February 13, 2014