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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
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January 12, 2018

Perspective | The Top Ten Issues Facing the Legislature

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The 2018 Alabama Regular Legislative Session begins in just 11 days on Jan. 9, 2018, and this is an election year so formal major party qualifying begins on the same day.  The elections mean that the session begins earlier than normal and will likely end even sooner so that … Continued
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December 29, 2017

Prison healthcare plan proposed

By Staff  Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, Quality Correctional Health Care and the University of Alabama at Birmingham will present to the Alabama Department of Corrections a comprehensive plan to provide enhanced healthcare services for the 21,000 inmates housed in the state prison system. In June 2017, a federal judge ruled that the mental health … Continued
October 10, 2017

Five Corrections workers arrested

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, May 30, 2017, the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) announced that a task force investigation had led to the arrest of five prison employees at Staton Correctional Facility in Elmore County for conspiracy to smuggle in contraband. Department of Corrections Commissioner Jeff Dunn said in a statement, “After … Continued
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May 31, 2017

Questions hang over massive prison bill

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter The push to build four new correctional facilities at the cost of $800 million will soon begin in earnest. Still, many questions are left unanswered by legislations known as the Alabama Prison Transformation Initiative (APTI). The plan at present says the estimated $1.5 billion bond issuance will be paid … Continued
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February 20, 2017