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Gerritson Endorsed by Rick Barber

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Monday, October 26 Rick Barber, a 2010 Republican candidate for Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District, endorsed challenger Becky Gerritson in the 2016 Republican Primary. Barber called Gerritson “an inspiration” to himself and to conservatives. Barber said, “In 2010, I rallied beside Martha Roby and asked those of you that … Continued
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October 27, 2015

Rep. Sewell Calls for DOJ Investigation into Alabama Driver’s License Closure Decisions

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Monday, Oct 5, 2015 Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D) released a letter that she sent to Attorney General Loretta Lynch calling for the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the closing of 31 driver’s license offices in Alabama.  Rep. Sewell claimed that the decision will disproportionately impact residents of … Continued
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October 6, 2015

Shelby Calls for Cutting Federal Funding to Sanctuary Cities

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Thursday, July 9, 2015, US Senator Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) sent an open letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch to End Funding for “Sanctuary Cities” Circumventing Immigration Removal Policies. Kathryn Steinle was a typical American young woman with prospects of a good future ahead of her who was taking … Continued
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July 10, 2015

DOJ Report on Tutwiler Does Not Include Improvements

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—A year ago last week, the Alabama Department of Corrections’ Commissioner Kim Thomas stood before a group of journalists, legislators, government officials and concerned citizens to release the findings from a study by the National Institute of Corrections, (NIC) into conditions at the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women in … Continued
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January 28, 2014
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Tutwiler Prison for Women: What you haven’t heard …

By Kim T. Thomas Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections The taxpayers of Alabama and, perhaps more importantly, the family members of the women incarcerated at Tutwiler Prison, deserve the facts about Tutwiler:  The January 17, 2014, report from the Department of Justice does not accurately describe Tutwiler Prison as it is today. The Department of … Continued
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January 24, 2014

BP Pleads Guilty

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The BP legal saga continued on Tuesday when the corporate giant pleaded guilty to 14 criminal charges under federal law for their role in creating the Deepwater Horizon disaster which left oil workers dead, the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling platform at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, millions … Continued
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February 1, 2013

Seigelman’s Legacy of Corruption

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the appeal of Alabama’s disgraced former Governor, Don Siegelman (D).   The decision by the high court limits the former Governor’s legal options.  This means that Gov. Seigelman will likely spend time in prison when he is eventually resentenced.  It also … Continued
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June 5, 2012

Department of Justice orders audit of oil spill claims facility

Staff Report MOBILE, Alabama — The Department of Justice has asked an outside firm to audit the handling of more than 1 million claims resulting from last year’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the Press-Register has learned. U.S. Associate Attorney General Thomas Perelli wrote in a letter to officials with New York-based BDO Consulting that his … Continued
December 22, 2011