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State Auditor Claims He Is Being Punished for Outspoken Conservatism

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, September 11, the Alabama House of Representatives passed a budget which raises taxes in order to continue to feed the troubled Medicaid program and avoid the specter of a federal takeover of the long neglected Alabama Corrections System. Most other General Fund agencies took modest cuts … Continued
September 14, 2015

Bentley Calls Second Special Session

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, September 1, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley announced that a second Special Session to address the General Fund Budget will begin at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 8.  Governor Bentley said in a statement, “The start of Fiscal Year 2016 is quickly approaching, and there is still no … Continued
September 2, 2015

Marsh Urges Governor to Meet with Legislators

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh (R-Anniston), released a written statement regarding the conclusion of the Special Session, which ended with the House rejecting the Senate’s austere budget proposal. Sen. Marsh said, “In this Special Session, the Senate was able to use common sense conservative budgeting to find over … Continued
August 14, 2015

Whole Budget Debate Has Been a Bizarre Exercise: Opinion

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Anybody who can read an Excel spreadsheet understood four years ago, that the State would have a $150 to $250 million shortfall in the General Fund in fiscal year 2017 when the $150 million a year trust fund raid money was finally all gone. This was all easily … Continued
August 11, 2015

Budget Cuts Could be Devastating to Alabama Corrections System

By Brandon MoseleyAlabama Political Reporter The State’s Corrections system is about to be taken over by the federal government. That is a warning from State Senator Cam Ward (R-Alabama).  The system is at 185 percent capacity and that could actually increase next year due to anticipated budget cuts. It is a fundamental function of state … Continued
June 9, 2015

House Black Caucus Proposes Budget

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, May 19, the Alabama House of Representatives is expected to review and debate the General Fund Budget when the legislature reconvenes.  Last week the House Republicans unveiled an austerity budget with cuts to State agencies.  On Monday, members of the House Black Caucus announced their own alternative strategy … Continued
May 19, 2015

Prison Reform Plan Gets Favorable Report from Committee

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, March 18, the Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee gave a favorable report to S.B. 67 which is based on recommendations of Alabama’s Prison Reform Task Force. Sponsor Cam Ward (R-Alabaster) said on Facebook, “Thank you members of the Al Senate Judiciary Committee for passing the prison reform bill … Continued
March 26, 2015

Policy Makers Brief Birmingham Young Republicans on Prison Reform

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, March 13, members of Alabama’s Prison Reform Task Force briefed the Greater Birmingham Young Republicans (GBYR) on impending prison reform legislation. Alabama’s prisons are at 192 percent capacity and state officials fear a costly federal takeover of the State’s chronically underfunded corrections system. For the last nine months, … Continued
March 17, 2015

What To Do About Alabama’s Overcrowded Prisons

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama houses a lot of dangerous criminals and it is struggling to come up with a plan to lower prison overcrowding without seeing a massive spike in crime.  In a perfect world, we would simply double our number of prison beds. But, with a projected $25 million gap in … Continued
December 29, 2014

“State in Shackles” Panelists Says Alabama Should Treat Prisoners Better to Reduce Recidivism

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, July 31, the Alabama Policy Institute (API) held a special panel discussion to discuss how to deal with Alabama’s prison crisis. For a long time, the State of Alabama has addressed crime problems by sending more and more of its criminal population to prison for longer and … Continued
August 1, 2014