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Can Joe Reed save Gwendolyn Boyd at ASU?

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter A week prior to the annual Turkey Day Classic football game last month at Alabama State University, ASU employees discovered that someone had broken into the school’s football stadium and cut a fiber optic wire – a costly act that threatened some of the activities planned for the game. … Continued
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December 16, 2016

Sources: ASU board to fire Boyd on Friday

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter The Alabama State University Board of Trustees has the votes to fire embattled university president Gwendolyn Boyd on Friday and will do so unless Boyd negotiates her resignation prior to the meeting, two sources close to the trustees told The Alabama Political Reporter. The sources also said that attorney … Continued
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December 14, 2016

ASU Trustees Suspend President, Will Attempt To Fire Her

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter The Alabama State University board of trustees has suspended school president Gwendolyn Boyd, taking the first step in the termination process. The trustees voted 8-6 to place Boyd on immediate administrative leave and will hold a public hearing to fire her on Nov. 14. Boyd, in her third year … Continued
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November 4, 2016

ASU Plans to Furlough Employees, Raise Insurance Rates

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Alabama State University plans to implement mandatory furloughs for all employees and increase employees’ health insurance contributions in response to the latest financial crisis for the beleaguered Montgomery college. According to a number of employees who contacted APR, the school informed its workers and faculty on Tuesday that a … Continued
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November 3, 2016

ASU Fails To Pay Student Workers

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Alabama State University has failed to pay its student workers. Several current ASU students contacted The Alabama Political Reporter this week and said the university had missed two pay dates. When the workers didn’t receive their pay on Monday, a group went to ASU’s administration building to demand answers. … Continued
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October 14, 2016

Sources Link AG’s Chief Deputy to Plot to Remove Hart from Hubbard Investigation

By Bill BrittAlabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY— Forces inside the State’s Attorney General’s Office are once again conspiring to derail the public corruption investigation of Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard and others. Sources from both within and outside of the Attorney General’s Office have confirmed that Luther Strange’s Chief Deputy, Kevin Turner, is orchestrating a … Continued
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August 18, 2014

Dean and Wiggins Out at ASU

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, July 25 Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) removed Alabama State University (ASU) Board of Trustees member circuit Judge Marvin Wiggins (D) after Wiggins refused to resign for the good of the school. ASU BOT Chairman Elton Dean resigned at the governor’s request on Thursday, July 24. In … Continued
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July 28, 2014

Attorney General’s Offices Takes over Investigation at ASU

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Montgomery Advertiser reported on Sunday, April 27 that the state Attorney General’s office will take over an investigation into allegations of improper use of state dollars at Alabama State University. The Montgomery Advertiser reported that Attorney General Luther Strange has recused himself from the investigation and has appointed … Continued
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April 29, 2014

Knight Retires from Alabama State University

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, April 25th, longtime Alabama State University Executive Vice President and State Representative John Knight (D) from Montgomery has retired from the historically Black college in Montgomery. Representative Knight’s retirement is just four months after the Alabama State University Board of Trustees (BOT) chose ASU alum, Dr. Gwendolyn … Continued
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April 25, 2014