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Rural prosperity: Key to Alabama’s future

By John McMillan Agriculture and Industries Commissioner “Rural Prosperity,” the title of a just-released report by the Trump Administration, comes at a most opportune time when more and more Americans and Alabamians are enjoying a rapidly growing economy. However, a segment of our nation and state are being left out of the rising economic tide, … Continued
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January 10, 2018

Alabama cow tests positive for Atypical BSE

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, July 18, 2017, The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced an atypical case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), a neurologic disease of cattle, popularly referred to as “Mad Cow Disease,” in an eleven-year old cow at a livestock market in Alabama. The USDA reports that this animal never … Continued
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July 19, 2017

Regional Care Organizations Collapsing

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—The promised dream of Regional Care Organizations (RCOs) saving the State’s underfunded and overburdened Medicaid system continues to unravel. Just recently, the University of Birmingham Medical Systems and Viva Heath Inc., abandoned their programs indefinitely, citing the instability of State funding. Last month, The Alabama Political Reporter obtained a … Continued
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October 27, 2016

Many Stumbling Blocks To Prison Reform

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Governor Robert Bentley wants to float $800 million in bonds to build new prisons. Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) Commissioner, Jeff Dunn wants that, too. Some State Senators believe Bentley and Dunn are using the recent prison violence as a way to gin up support for their plan. They … Continued
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October 3, 2016

CEO of State’s Largest Medicaid Provider Strongly Opposes Current RCOs

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—A letter to Alabama Medicaid Agency Commissioner, Stephanie Azar, dated September 21, of this year, renders a devastating point-by-point analysis of the much-hyped Regional Care Organizations (RCOs). According to a letter obtained by the Alabama Political Reporter, the current RCO model will not save money, but will cost more … Continued
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September 28, 2016

Southern Heritage Groups Oppose Removal of Old South Mural from Jefferson County Court House

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Generations of Southerners have honored and often romanticized about the Confederate Soldiers who fought for Alabama and the other Southern States in the Civil War.  The war and the subsequent Northern military occupation led to more glorification of the “good ole days” of the antebellum South.  This was … Continued
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September 23, 2015

Federal Suit Seeks to Block Gulf State Luxury Hotel

  By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—A Federal lawsuit seeks to stop the State of Alabama from using settlement money from the Deep Water Horizon oil spill to build a luxury hotel, and conference center at Gulf State Park. The lawsuit, filed by the Gulf Restoration Network in May of this year, contends the … Continued
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August 17, 2015