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Streamlined process makes it easier for veterans to update their status on driver’s licenses

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter An interim Alabama House committee tasked with making driver’s license offices more accessible and procedures more streamlined has announced a change that will make it easier for military veterans to update their status on their licenses just in time for Veterans Day. State Rep. Randall Shedd, chairman of the … Continued
November 7, 2017

ADOC opens bidding for firm to develop a comprehensive plan for prison projects

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter The Alabama Department of Corrections is opening bidding for a team to oversee a comprehensive plan to improve the state’s corrections infrastructure — just months after the department’s own plan to build four new mega-prisons, dubbed the Alabama Prison Transformation Initiative, died in the final days of the legislative session. … Continued
November 6, 2017

UAB establishes program to assist pregnant women addicted to opioids

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter As conversations continue about how to handle the deadly opioid crisis in America, the University of Alabama at Birmingham has established a program to assist women who are pregnant and addicted to opioids and other substance abuse disorders. The program will offer patients routine prenatal care, treatment programs including … Continued
November 3, 2017

Jones hits Moore for non-support of program that provides 80,000 kids with health coverage

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter Democratic Senate candidate Doug Jones is hitting Republican Roy Moore for refusing to answer questions on his non-support for the Children’s Health Insurance Program. “Sadly, Roy Moore’s refusal to support the CHIP heath care program, which provides health insurance coverage to more than 150,000 Alabama children, further demonstrates that he … Continued
November 2, 2017

Proposed bill would have prevented US Senate Special Election

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter Special elections are costly and turnout is often dismal but giving an appointee the time to settle in Washington can afford them the protective status of incumbency. That was the paradox that Gov. Kay Ivey and her predecessor grappled with in trying to decide what to do about Jeff … Continued
October 31, 2017

DEA, US Attorney host 14th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter Alabamians will have an opportunity to turn over unused, unwanted or expired prescription drugs with no questions asked. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Alabama and the Drug Enforcement Agency will host the 14th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday from 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Flushing … Continued
October 26, 2017

Birmingham, Montgomery have some of the highest combined sales tax rates in the country, report says

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter A new report out this week shows that Montgomery and Birmingham have some of the highest combined sales tax rates in the country. The non-partisan group, the Tax Foundation, which typically favors low taxes and tax cuts, published the report, which says only Long Beach, California, and Chicago, Illinois, … Continued
October 24, 2017

Lawmaker will try again to pass bill allowing hunting over bait

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter A South Alabama lawmaker will try again next Legislative Session to get a bill passed that would allow licensed hunters to take feral swine and whitetail deer over bait. Rep. Jack Williams, R-Wilmer, has pre-filed a bill that would amend Alabama’s hunting laws to allow hunters to shoot deer … Continued
October 23, 2017

Former Huntsville police officer announces State House run

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter A former Huntsville Police Department officer turned small businessman, Steve Rousseau, is launching his candidacy for the Alabama House of Representatives in District 6. “As a small businessman, I can bring a straightforward and no-nonsense approach to Montgomery. We are facing tough and trying times in Alabama, but there … Continued
October 19, 2017

US Rep. Mike Rogers to visit Tuskegee on Wednesday to support T-100 trainer plans

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., who represents Alabama’s 3rd Congressional District, will visit Tuskegee on Wednesday. Rogers is set to visit with the Macon County Economic Development Authority, which will be meeting at the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site in Hangar Two, located at 1616 General Chappie James Avenue … Continued
October 17, 2017