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Alabama AARP Director Salinas is driven by his goals

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY— “Helping people help themselves.” This is the goal of the Director of Alabama’s AARP. This is a big goal, but Jesse Salinas is a man that is accustom to taking a big idea and making it a reality. Salinas took the helm at AARP as State Director in … Continued
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October 23, 2012

Term Limits are back on the agenda

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—With the prefiled Bill SB12, Senator Trip Pittman (R-Daphne) has raised his flag once again to fight for term limits. “I have been working on this for a couple of years, but some of the older lions don’t like the bill because of the negative impacted it has on … Continued
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October 19, 2012
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Scoundrels, Lies and Honor

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Skewed facts, obfuscation, and down right lies are some of the weapons in a politico’s arsenal. Not all use them but most do and with powerful affect. Half truths, exaggerations are the usual fair but there are some political slandering that crosses a respectable line even for a cockroach … Continued
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October 18, 2012

Will ‘We Love Lucy’ one more time?

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Alabama is a state that has been the backdrop for many storied politicians, Lucy Baxley is surely among that them. She is currently running for her second term as president of the Alabama Public Service Commission (PCS). She is challenged by Republican Twinkle Cavanaugh. From humble beginnings to a … Continued
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October 10, 2012

Converting for a cause: Behind the Fielding switch

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—There is an old saying that rules are made to be broken, that may be exactly what happen when Democrat Senator Jerry Fielding switched to the GOP. According to the bylaws of the Alabama Republican Executive Committee, Standing Rules Adopted by the Alabama Republican Party there is a very … Continued
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October 8, 2012

Joint Legislative committee works toward Medicaid reinvention

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—The Joint Legislative Medicaid Committee is working to fulfill the promise of the September 18 constitutional amendment which, in part gave the state a three year cushion to find a way to reinvent Medicaid. The promise being that Medicaid would be solvent, efficient and continued. On Tuesday, the committee … Continued
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October 3, 2012

Race for Chief Justice Heats Up

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter The race for Alabama Supreme Court has recently become what most view as the most interesting election of the season. In what many see as a reverse David verse Goliath has the relatively unknown Judge Robert Vance Jr. of Birmingham, facing former Chief Justice Roy Moore, who is known … Continued
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October 3, 2012