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Education Budget Comes Out of Senate Committee

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, April 12, the Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee voted to finally move the education trust fund budget (ETF) out of committee. It potentially could be vote on by the full Senate as early as today. State Senator Phil Williams (R-Rainbow City) said that the education budget … Continued
April 13, 2016

Jackie Zeigler Beats Matthew Brown

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, April 12, voters in Alabama’s First District elected Jackie Zeigler (R) over incumbent Matt Brown (R) in the Republican Primary runoff. Brown called to concede the race to Zeigler. South Alabama voters chose the much more experienced Jackie Zeigler over Matthew Brown who was recently appointed to the … Continued
April 13, 2016

Newman Holds on to School Board Seat

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, April 12, north Alabama voters went to the polls and Incumbent Jeff Newman (R) held on to his State school board seat with 62.1 percent of the votes cast to Bonner’s 37.1 percent. Turnout was terrible in District 7 where as of press time only 11,087 votes had … Continued
April 13, 2016

Voters go to the Polls in 40 Alabama Counties Today

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Monday, April 11, Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill (R) released details on the April 12 Runoff Election. On April 12, voters in 40 of Alabama’s 67 counties will go to the polls to decide Republican and/or Democratic Primary winners. On Tuesday, the Office of the Secretary of State … Continued
April 12, 2016

Two State School Board Elections Today

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, April 12, Alabama Republican voters in state school board Districts 1 and 7 go to the polls to decide who they want representing them on the Alabama State School Board. In District 1, career teacher, principal, and college professor Jackie Zeigler (R) is running against Matthew Brown (R). … Continued
April 12, 2016

What Prison Reform Means in Alabama

By Stephen Cooper Working as an Assistant Federal Defender in Alabama for three years, I visited many state prisons.  More often than not, the conditions I observed my incarcerated clients in were deplorable.  Sadly, when I raised red flags of concern with officials, shoulders shrugged — folks just did not care.  Instead, at each turn … Continued
April 12, 2016

Sessions Elected Chair of Alabama’s GOP Convention Delegation

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Saturday, April 9, US Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama) was elected to Chair the Alabama GOP delegation headed to the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Alabama Republican Party Chairman Terry Lathan said, “Super ALGOP RNC Delegation meeting today in Montgomery. Selected Senator Jeff Sessions as our delegation chairman … Continued
April 12, 2016

Ethics Commission Continues To Issue Opinions Contrary To Law

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter It is almost laughable and tragically so to use the word “ethics” when referring to the commission charged with overseeing the State’s ethics laws. In a recent opinion concerning Rep. Randy Davis (R-Daphne), the ethics commission approved Davis’ request to take a job from a principal with business before … Continued
April 11, 2016

Sanders Takes Wyoming

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Saturday, April 9, US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) won the Wyoming Democratic Caucuses. Sanders has now won 8 of the last 9 Democratic contests but still trails former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D) in delegates headed into the New York state Democratic Primary. Sen. Sanders said in … Continued
April 11, 2016