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Ann Eubank

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Republican Women of Shelby County discuss conservative priorities

Conservatives spoke in favor of repealing Common Core, banning Critical Race Theory, banning vaccine mandates and other issues.
September 8, 2021

Senate votes to end Common Core in Alabama

Thursday, the Alabama Senate voted in favor of Senate Bill 119, which would end Common Core in the Alabama public schools. For a decade, conservative activists have been telling the state to overturn the Common Core-aligned Alabama College and Career Ready Standards. For years, the leadership had thwarted efforts by Senators to pass a Common … Continued
March 22, 2019

Alabama Republican Party incorporates repeal of Common Core into platform

Saturday, the Alabama Republican Party Executive Committee passed its first ever platform. The 550 member executive committee was meeting for their summer meeting on the Tuscaloosa campus of the University of Alabama. Among the other planks in the platform is an expressed opposition to the controversial Common Core curriculum. The platform explicitly says: “We oppose … Continued
August 31, 2018

Conservative groups discuss issues facing Legislative Session

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, leaders of various conservative and Tea Party groups held a planning meeting at the Alabama State House an hour before the 2018 Regular Legislative Session began. Dr. Lou Campomenosi with the Common Sense Campaign of Alabama emceed the event.  Campomenosi said, “I think it is important for people like … Continued
January 11, 2018

Reaction to Oliver Robinson’s guilty plea

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Thursday, June 22, 2017, former State Representative Oliver Robinson (D-Birmingham) entered guilty pleas to Federal charges of fraud, bribery, corruption, and tax evasion. Rep. Robinson resigned from the Alabama House of Representatives last year, claiming that there was a conflict of interest with his serving in the legislature and … Continued
June 23, 2017

Behind the curtain of Common Core Kabuki Theater

By Ann Eubank For the last six years, many grassroot organizations in our State have been fighting against Common Core. Since its implementation, Alabama has gone from being 26th in the nation in math and reading, to dead last. We bring a bill every year, and without fail someone or some thing stops it from … Continued
May 15, 2017

The Return of the Gas Tax Bill

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, April 13, 2017, the controversial massive $2.4 billion bond issue to be paid for by three gas tax increases to total 9 cents per gallon on gasoline and diesel fuel faced an onslaught of bipartisan criticism on the floor of the Alabama House of Representatives. House Bill … Continued
April 18, 2017

Legislative watchdogs propose ethics reform agenda

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter In 2010, then Republican Party Chairman State Representative Mike Hubbard (R-Auburn) led a historic campaign for the Republican Party to take over the Alabama Legislature from 135 years of Democratic Party domination and clean up the corrupt Montgomery cesspool. Voters agreed and gave the Alabama Republican Party everything it … Continued
February 20, 2017