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By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries John McMillan is running for state treasurer, he told the Alabama Political Reporter. APR phoned John McMillan because his campaign end of year report still showed him having $53,144 in cash on hand at the end of 2017, and the report had him still … Continued

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

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

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

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

  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

  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