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Job Corps is worth fighting for

Preserving Job Corps isn’t a Democratic or Republican issue. Or at least, it shouldn’t be.
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June 12, 2025

Zeigler has business PACs’ support

State Auditor Jim Zeigler was elected in 2014 on a shoe string campaign budget. Zeigler, who contemplated a run for governor, has struggled to raise money. April however was a really good month for the Zeigler re-election campaign. Zeigler said that the agenda he has pushed during his three years as Auditor is “opposing mismanagement … Continued
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April 30, 2018

Zeigler to run for second term as state auditor

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Thursday, Alabama state Auditor Jim Zeigler announced that he will seek a second term. “It has been an honor to serve the people of Alabama as State Auditor, and I humbly ask for their vote again on June 5th,” Zeigler said. “State Government needs a watchman against wasteful spending … Continued
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February 2, 2018

Debt ceiling increase passes Congress

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, Sept. 8, 2017, Congress passed a bill to raise the debt ceiling without making any budget cuts.  President Donald Trump brokered a deal with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.; Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.; Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis.; and House Minority Leader … Continued
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September 12, 2017

Sewell opposes cuts to Head Start

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Thursday, August 31, 2017, U.S. Representative Terri Sewell, D-Selma, sent an email to constituents where she praised the Head Start program and lamented proposed cuts to the program for impoverished children, including the closing of some Head Start Centers in rural Alabama. Congresswoman Terri Sewell wrote, “You might know … Continued
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September 1, 2017