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Sen. Doug Jones, D-Alabama, criticized the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s proposal to remove a key regulation on the payday lending industry introduced in the final year of President Barack Obama’s term. The CFPB said Wednesday that it is rolling back plans to put into place a rule intended to protect the most vulnerable payday loan … Continued

The infighting among Alabama Democrats will be addressed by the national party starting next month. The DNC on Wednesday announced it was setting hearing dates — beginning with an evidentiary hearing on Feb. 11 — for two complaints alleging wrongdoing in the Alabama Democratic Party’s election last November. Longtime chairwoman Nancy Worley was re-elected, despite … Continued

Rep. Tommy Hanes is mad at facts. For real. Hanes apparently spent his Christmas vacation writing out bills to pre-file, and the submission of those bills has not brought about the gratitude from the masses that Hanes was so obviously shooting for. Instead, from APR to al.com, Hanes has been widely criticized for his pandering, … Continued

Republican incumbent Gov. Kay Ivey’s campaign criticized her Democratic challenger, Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox, twice on Thursday for accepting contributions from PACs backed by liberal donor George Soros, but Ivey has accepted $100,000 from the same set of PACs over the course of her campaign for governor. Yellowhammer News, a Birmingham-based conservative media outlet, reported … Continued

Republican gubernatorial candidate and Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle criticized Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday for having so far refused invitations to debate other candidates in the primary. Several outlets, including AL.com and several television stations across the state, have invited all of the Republican candidates to debate before the June 5, 2018, primary. Ivey is … Continued