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By Lee HedgepethAlabama Political Reporter In his first interview after the end of the 2014 Regular Session of the Alabama Legislature, Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Hubbard told Phil Rawls of the Associated Press, “I am going on the offense.” In an apparent first drive, Speaker Hubbard gave the Opelika-Auburn News a two … Continued

By Bill BrittAlabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—There is an old saying, “A good criminal defense attorney will never allow facts to get in the way of a good defense.” Such appears to be the case with a statement made by Speaker Mike Hubbard’s white collar crime defense attorney J. Mark White. On Tuesday, Rep.Greg Wren (R-Montgomery) … Continued


By Bill Britt
Alabama Political Report MONTGOMERY—Four-term Republican Legislator Greg Wren from Montgomery has made another appearance before the Attorney General’s Special Grand Jury in Lee County. Wren, who recently announced he would not seek reelection in 2014, was spotted leaving the courthouse last week. Wren is believed—at some point—to have given testimony concerning 23 words placed in … Continued

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—In June 2013, Governor Robert Bentley, established  the Alabama Medicaid Pharmacy Study Commission to gather information on how to best provide prescription drugs to the State’s Medicaid recipients. The finding of the commission suggested that the state could receive significant saving by utilizing a Pharmaceutical Benefit Management group (PBM). … Continued

By Bill BrittAlabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—State Representative Greg Wren joins a growing list of GOP candidates who have chosen to “call it quits.” On Thursday, Wren announced he would not seek reelection: “Taking full measure of my years of public service and emboldened by the prayers of family and friends, I shall retire from the … Continued

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—On October 21, American Pharmacy Cooperative, Inc., (APCI) gave $20,000 in contributions to the PAC known as “Alabama 2014.” This political action committee is the vehicle by which former Gov. Bob Riley hopes to help Speaker Mike Hubbard and Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh retain power over the … Continued

By Bill BrittAlabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Speaker Mike Hubbard cast repeated votes in favor of House versions of a bill giving exclusive rights to manage Alabama’s Medicaid prescription drug purchasing to a company that employs Hubbard under a lucrative public relations contract. In a series of eleven YES votes cast on April 23rd on state House … Continued

By Bill BrittAlabama Political Reporter Alabama Ethics Commission Director James L. Sumner approved a lucrative contract between House Speaker Mike Hubbard and a company seeking favorable Medicaid legislation, even though Sumner never saw the contract and relied entirely on Hubbard’s verbal characterization of the business arrangement. According to Sumner, Hubbard informed him after-the-fact of a … Continued