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By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter US Senator from Vermont Bernie Sanders called Republicans, “cowards” and singled out Alabama in comments that his campaign is promoting on Facebook. Senator Sanders said, “Republican cowards all across the country, including Alabama, are very clearly trying to win elections by suppressing the vote   making it hard for … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Monday, October 19, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) and Alabama Republican Party Chairman Terry Lathan both issued statements to responded to incendiary remarks that Democratic Presidential frontrunner former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made at a campaign stop in Hoover. Governor Bentley said, “It seems Mrs. Clinton isn’t … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Friday, October 16, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) issued a statement announcing that ALEA’s closed rural driver’s license offices in rural counties would be reopened for driver’s license exams one day a month. Gov. Bentley said in a statement, “After careful consideration of options regarding the closure of 31 … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Saturday, October 17, former Secretary of State and Democratic Presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton was in Hoover to deliver to the influential Alabama Democratic Conference at the Wynfrey Hotel. Clinton was highly critical of Alabama Governor Robert Bentley’s (R) decision to close 31 rural driver’s license offices. Clinton said that … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, October 13, Rep. Darrio Melton (D-Selma) responded to Governor Bentley’s proposal to reopen rural DMV offices: “Today, Governor Bentley offered a plan to re-open DMV offices across the State, but with a huge catch: rural and Black legislators must commit to vote for “permanent revenue,” which means … Continued

By Rep. Darrio Melton  When you open up the pages of a national newspaper or turn to a major news network and see “Alabama,” you can pretty much bet something has gone terribly wrong, and we are, once again, the butt of jokes nationwide.  Over the past weeks, Alabama has made headlines from the New … Continued