Arthur Orr

Legislature almost out of funds for budget year

Staff Report MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Legislature is rapidly running out of operating money for the year. It has reached a level that without a clause in the state code allowing that branch of government to receive $500,000 infusions, senators, representatives and staffers likely wouldn’t be paid through the end of the budget year. The … Continued

August 17, 2012

Alabama campaign finance reform, hope, hype and little change

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—In December 2010 the newly minted GOP supermajority went into special session to enact sweeping changes to Alabama’s ethics laws. In what was described by then Governor Bob Riley as, “Alabama’s political system underwent more historic change and more reform during the seven-day special session that just concluded than … Continued

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August 13, 2012

Senator Arthur Orr Named 2012 RC&D Senate Leader of the Year

Staff Report From the Office of Senator Arthur Orr Caddo, Ala. – State Senator Arthur Orr, R-Decatur, has been recognized as the 2012 Senate Leader of the Year by the Alabama Association of Resource, Conservation and Development (AARCD) Councils during the Alabama Mountains Rivers Valleys (AMRV) RC&D quarterly meeting at Caddo Café in Lawrence County. … Continued

July 30, 2012

Alabama’s natural gas royalties are falling

Staff Report MONTGOMERY, Alabama — Royalties paid to the state by companies pumping natural gas offshore fell from a high of $373.1 million in the 2006 fiscal year to $119.9 million in fiscal 2011, according to the State Oil and Gas Board. The board expects that decline to continue in fiscal 2012, which ends Sept. … Continued

July 2, 2012

The Bill Supporting Alabama’s Children Needs Governor’s Signature

Staff Report Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY– During the Special Session Alabama’s Legislature successfully passed a bill that will directly benefit thousands of our state’s children. This bill will keep funding from the Children First Trust Fund intact so that state agencies that provide services to children can continue their work. The Children First Trust Fund … Continued

May 29, 2012

Republican Leadership Touts Second Year of Conservative Reforms

Staff Report MONTGOMERY – On Thursday a press conference was held by House Speaker Mike Hubbard and members of the House Republican leadership. Hubbard said that from pension reform to repealing the legislative pay raise, and from rewriting the state’s constitution to making strides to improve public schools, lawmakers’ achievements made the 2012 Regular Session … Continued

May 18, 2012

Senator Orr Carries Torch Forward for Children

By Susan Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY (May 11, 2012) – This week, the children of Alabama, gained another guardian. Senator Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) insured that vital dollars dedicated to state agencies through the Children First Trust Fund were kept intact. The Children First Trust Fund dollars come from the national tobacco settlement – the … Continued

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May 15, 2012

In a move to keep inmates behind bars Orr offers SB396

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Proration is beginning to cast its effect across all state agencies. The Department of Corrections is one such agency. The problem is when the DOC can no longer provide services the only option is to release prisoners. That is an alternative that is unacceptable to most of Legislators and … Continued

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March 21, 2012

Senator Arthur Orr Receives Leadership Award

Staff Report From the Office of State Senator Arthur Orr Montgomery, Ala. – State Senator Arthur Orr, R- Decatur, was recently presented the Legislative Leadership Award by the Alabama Association of Regional Councils (AARC) before its regular monthly Executive Board meeting at the Capitol City Club. The meeting is held each month to make key … Continued

March 6, 2012