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Alabama Supreme Court to Hear Gay Marriage Case

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, February 11, the conservative Alabama Policy Institute (API) joined Liberty Counsel and the Alabama Citizens Action Program (ALCAP), in filing a Writ of Mandamus to the Alabama Supreme Court requesting that the Court order probate judges in Alabama not to issue same-sex marriage licenses arguing that this … Continued
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February 17, 2015

Cari Kelly Joins Palmer Team

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, December 2, Congressman/Elect Gary Palmer (R) announced another key addition to his staff. Palmer has named Alabama Native Cari Kelly as Legislative Director. Representative/Elect Palmer said in a written statement, “I am thrilled to welcome Cari to our Washington team. She has vast experience working for conservative … Continued
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December 5, 2014

Palmer Names William Smith as Chief of Staff

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, November 20 Congressman-elect Gary Palmer (R) announced that he has named William David Smith Jr. as his Chief of Staff. The Ozark Native is presently U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions’ (R) Chief Counsel. Congressman-elect Palmer said in a statement, “William is a man of utmost integrity and high … Continued
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November 25, 2014

Voters to Decide on Armory Upgrades on Tuesday

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, November 4 Alabama voters go to the polls to vote on Amendment 2.  Alabama’s National Guard Armories are aging and need repairs.  The federal government will pay fifty percent or more of the cost of the work; but the state needs to come up with our portion … Continued
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October 29, 2014

Santorum in Alabama on Thursday

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, October 9, former GOP presidential candidate, U.S. Senator (R from Pennsylvania) and Chairman of Patriot Voices Rick Santorum will travel to Alabama for several events. At 8:00 AM Senator Santorum will speak at an Alabama Republican Party Campaign Rally with Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange (R) in … Continued
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October 9, 2014

Rick Santorum Coming to Birmingham

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The 2016 Presidential election begins in earnest a year from now, but among the early names being mentioned as a possible Republican Presidential candidates is former Pennsylvania U.S. Senator Rick Santorum. Santorum was the winner of Alabama’s 2012 Republican Presidential Primary and was the runner up to eventual nominee, … Continued
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October 3, 2014

Crosby to Replace Palmer at API

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Gary Palmer co-founded and led the Alabama Policy Institute (API) for most of his adult working life to this point. Now, he is the Republican nominee for Alabama’s Sixth Congressional District and API’s Vice President and CFO Caleb Crosby has been named as API’s new President. API announced the … Continued
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September 11, 2014

Gladden Opposes Combining Budgets

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Most states have all of their revenue from income taxes, sales taxes, sin taxes, property taxes, business taxes, licenses, and fees come into one common fund. Then, legislators prioritize their spending for the next business year into how much money the schools, prisons, court system, state colleges, state police, … Continued
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September 5, 2014

Palmer Speaks to Birmingham Young Republicans

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter This has been a huge week for Gary Palmer.  On Tuesday, July 15 the longtime Alabama Policy Institute President was chosen by his fellow Republicans as their nominee for Alabama’s Sixth Congressional District seat.  On Thursday, July 17 he was the speaker at the Greater Birmingham Young Republicans meeting … Continued
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July 18, 2014