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Ivey appoints Kelly Butler acting director of finance

Tuesday, Governor Kay Ivey (R) announced that she has named Kelly Butler as Acting Director of the Alabama Department of Finance. “Kelly Butler has more than two decades of experience working with the state’s budgets and more than three decades experience as a fiscal analyst,” Gov. Ivey said. “I know he will do an excellent … Continued
August 15, 2018

Alabama Finance Director Clinton Carter hired as chief financial officer of the UNC system

Alabama’s chief financial officer, Finance Director Clinton Carter, who has served under both former Gov. Robert Bentley and Gov. Kay Ivey, has been selected as the University of North Carolina System’s new senior vice president for finance and administration and chief financial officer, the system’s president Margaret Spelling said Wednesday. In Alabama, Carter was responsible for … Continued
July 12, 2018

Finance Director: “We are really excited about this budget”

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, January 10, 2018, Alabama Finance Director Clinton Carter met with journalists at the Capitol to discuss the state’s budgets.  Carter briefed the press on Gov. Kay Ivey’s General Fund and Education Trust Fund budget proposals. Carter said, “We are really excited about this budget.”  Carter said that state … Continued
January 12, 2018

Walker County has no easy answers for financial mess

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Monday, August 21, 2017, State Senator Greg Reed (R-Jasper) and State Representative Connie Rowe (R-Jasper) met with the Walker County Commission six days after voters went to the polls and rejected a sales tax that the Commission had billed as Walker County’s only way to avoid bankruptcy.  The voters … Continued
August 24, 2017

Investigation into Pouncey Smear delivered to Special Prosecution Division

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter On Friday last, a package was hand-delivered to the State’s Attorney General’s Office containing the results of two investigations into what is labeled a smear campaign against Dr. Craig Pouncey, by those who plotted to deny him the position of State Education Superintendent. Delivered directly to the Special Prosecution … Continued
August 14, 2017

Governor “unofficially” disbands Gambling task force

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter The Alabama Advisory Council on Gaming seems to has vanished. The 11-member committee, formed by former Gov. Robert Bentley to study the impact of various types of gambling on state revenue, hasn’t held a meeting in more than four months and sources close to several committee members say they … Continued
July 11, 2017

Gov. Ivey’s chief legal counsel seeks gag order on media

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter On Monday, Gov. Kay Ivey announced the appointment of Bryan Taylor as her chief legal counsel. The Governor’s spokesperson, Eileen Jones, told The Montgomery Advertiser that Taylor was appointed because the Governor feels “he is an excellent lawyer; excellent.” The Alabama Political Reporter informed Jones early on Monday morning … Continued
April 18, 2017

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee holds hearing on prison reform

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, March 1, 2017, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a public hearing on Governor Robert Bentley’s controversial plan to borrow $800 millions in bonds in order to build four massive new prisons. Senate Bill 70 is being sponsored in the Senate by Senator Cam Ward (R-Alabaster). Sen. Ward said, … Continued
March 2, 2017

The people want to vote

INSIDE THE STATEHOUSE by Steve Flowers During the past couple of months everywhere I go people continually ask me why in the world the legislature could not simply put the issue of whether they could vote for or against a lottery on the November ballot. The fact that this inquiry has lingered for this long … Continued
February 1, 2017

Gaming council delays report until summer

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Gov. Robert Bentley’s Advisory Council on Gaming isn’t going to meet its deadline. Originally devised to offer guidance to the Governor and State lawmakers in time for the 2017 Regular Session, which begins Feb. 7, council members voted unanimously on Thursday to delay any report and set a new … Continued
January 13, 2017