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Joe Lovvorn Wins House District 79 Republican Primary

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, September 13, 2016 Republican Primary Voters in House District 79 went to the polls to select whom they want to represent them in the Alabama House of Representatives. A narrow majority of 51 percent selected Joe Lovvorn out of a field of four in the heavily Republican … Continued
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September 14, 2016

Big PAC Money Flows to One Candidate in Race to Replace Hubbard

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Four candidates are vying for the seat once held by convicted felon, Mike Hubbard in the Republican primary on September 13. The voters of District 79 have yet to pick a candidate, but the well-heeled of Auburn and influential Montgomery PACs have already chosen theirs. Jay Conner, Joe Lovvorn, … Continued
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September 9, 2016

Alabama Democratic Party Looking For HD 79 Candidate

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Friday, July 1, there are five Republicans already running to fill the seat vacated by disgraced former Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard, but no Lee County Democrat has come forward to run for the seat. If Democrats are ever going to break the Republican Party’s iron grip on … Continued
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July 4, 2016

Auburn Drops Hubbard’s Former Employer

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Auburn Athletics has granted FOX Sports an exclusive contract to manage its multimedia rights and sponsorship sales, for all of Auburn’s sports initiates. These include, intellectual property rights, radio broadcasts for all sports, coaches’ television shows, live TV rights, athletics publications, and more. The agreement with FOX Sports spells … Continued
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March 9, 2016

Grand Jury Indicted Hubbard After His Testimony

  By Bill Britt Alabama Political Report MONTGOMERY—Recently released court documents show that Speaker Mike Hubbard testified before the Special Grand Jury in Lee County, before his indictment. Even though Hubbard took the stand in his own defense, 18 citizens of Lee County found probable cause to indict him on 23 felony counts of public … Continued
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August 24, 2015

In “Hail Mary” Hubbard Subpoenas Governor

 By Bill BrittAlabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—In what is being described as both a fit of desperation and a Hail-Mary pass, Speaker Mike Hubbard, (R-Auburn) has filed subpoenas for Governor Robert Bentley (R), Acting Attorney General W. Van Davis and the Custodian of Records for the Ethics Commission, according to a filing by the Attorney General’s … Continued
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March 31, 2015

Feds Successfully Prosecute Dog Fighting Ring

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Several Alabama residents were among 8 persons sentenced by the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama for their roles in what was the second largest dog fighting raid in U.S. history in August 2013. The case was led by the United States Attorney’s Office and … Continued
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November 13, 2014

Mike Hubbard Re-Elected As Speaker

By Brandon MoseleyAlabama Political Reporter BIRMINGHAM—Mike Hubbard will be the Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives for another term. That is the decision of the House Republican Caucus, which holds a commanding lead in the Alabama House of Representatives. According to sources in the Thursday, November 6 meeting in Montgomery, the House GOP Caucus … Continued
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November 7, 2014

Luther Strange Being Attacked By Rogers and Opponent

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, October 22, Congressman Mike Rogers (R from Saks) appeared to attack Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange (R) for doing his job by appointing Acting Attorney General Van Davis (R from Pell City) to lead the investigation into alleged corruption by Alabama Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard … Continued
October 23, 2014