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By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Over the past decade, the Alabama Education Association (AEA) gave more than $1 million to Republicans currently serving in state government — including hundreds of thousands of dollars to GOP leaders who quietly took union money while publicly demonizing the organization. PACs controlled by Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard lined … Continued

By Bill Britt and Beth Clayton Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Alabama Medicaid paid $86.2 million for children’s dental services in the 2012 fiscal year. Medicaid does not cover any adult dental services, according to Robin D. Rawls, Communications Director for the Alabama Medicaid Agency. During the 2013 legislative session, major reforms were enacted in an effort … Continued

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY— Stephanie Petelos, chairwoman of the College Republican Federation of Alabama (CRFA), believes that the recent Supreme Court ruling which strikes down portions of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was a victory for states’ rights as well as for gay Americans. In a statement released after the court’s … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 5-4 ruling declaring parts of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act invalid. The Court ruled that part of the Defense of Marriage Act is a violation of the fifth amendment. Specifically the Court struck down the provision of DOMA preventing lawfully … Continued

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Last week, voters in District 74 received a campaign mail piece parodying the area’s state representative with a reference to a well known Montgomery sex shop. Representative Jay Love (R-Montgomery) was the target of the push card that read, “Jay Love Stuff, More Bang for Your Buck!” A play … Continued

By Bill BrittAlabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Political pressure and Attorney General Luther Strange’s campaign connections to Speaker Mike Hubbard have not slowed down a Special Grand Jury investigation into potentially corrupt business deals involving Hubbard’s media companies. “The political pressure surrounding this case is enormous…Imagine the calls the AG has gotten.” This, according to one District Attorney familiar … Continued

Exclusive to Alreporter.com By Bill Britt MONTGOMERY—Last week, Alabama received a visit from one of the country’s leading voices on education reform issues. Lindsey Burke researches and writes on federal and state education issues as the Will Skillman fellow in education policy at The Heritage Foundation. Burke focuses on two critical areas of education policy: … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, President Barack H. Obama’s (D) administration finally presented their fiscal year 2014 budget.  Under Obama’s plan the federal government would continue to run deficits all the way past 2050, estate taxes would rise, new federal tobacco taxes would increase so that the federal government could implement national … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama Republican Party Chairman Bill Armistead has released a written statement following the widespread publication of racially   insensitive racial remarks made by State Representative Joseph Mitchell (D) from Mobile to a citizen who was campaigning for Second Amendment rights.  Mitchell wrote in an email exchange: “Your folk never used … Continued