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Senate Votes Not to Repay the Trust Fund

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, April 13, the Alabama Senate passed Senate Bill 267 sponsored by State Senator Bill Hightower, which is a constitutional amendment which diverts most of the BP oil spill settlement money to new road construction. In 2012 voters were asked to go to the polls and approve borrowing … Continued
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April 18, 2016

Man Sentenced for Dealing Firearms

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, November 24, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama George L. Beck, Jr,  announced that Michael Albert Focia, age 48, of Montgomery, Alabama was sentenced on Monday to 51 months in prison for dealing in firearms without a license and two counts of selling guns … Continued
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November 26, 2015

114 Arrested in Montgomery

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, US Attorney George L. Beck announced that the US Marshals Service and Montgomery Police Department have since June been coordinating a multi-agency effort to reduce violent crime and take dangerous offenders and illegal weapons off the streets of Montgomery in an effort that was named “Operation Triple … Continued
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November 4, 2015

Administration Backs Down on Plan to Ban AR-15 Ammo

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, March 10, the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) announced that they were scrapping a controversial proposal to outlaw common ammunition used in the popular AR-15 platform. The AR-15 is increasingly popular with American sportsmen and hunters as generations of veterans since the Vietnam War have … Continued
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March 11, 2015

Holder is Leaving the Department of Justice

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, September 25, Fox News, CNN, and other national media outlets reported that controversial U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder (D) announced he would be leaving his job as the head of the powerful U.S. Department of Justice. Alabama Republican Party Chairman Bill Armistead was quick to spread the … Continued
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September 26, 2014

SB13 and ATF Payback Hand Waving

By Thomas Scovill Alabama Political Reporter SB13 is one of several draft bills which have been prefiled for the Alabama legislature to consider during the upcoming 2013 session which begins in February. It purports to require the legislature to pay back the $438 million that voters just approved transferring over the next three years from the Alabama … Continued
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November 19, 2012

“Save the Alabama Trust Fund”

By Mary Scott Hunter Special Interests in Alabama are urging their employees to vote “Yes” for an amendment to the Alabama Constitution this September 18, 2012.  A “yes” vote will draw down the Alabama Trust Fund (an investment fund of proceeds from state oil and gas leases) by $435 million over three years.  The measure … Continued
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August 27, 2012
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By Dick L. Brewbaker The voters have a big decision to make on September 18. The voters will decide whether to take 145 million a year for three years from the principal of the Alabama Trust Fund to shore up Alabama’s General Fund Budget. This is a game changing decision. It will decide the direction … Continued
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August 17, 2012