Dr. Henry Mabry

$60 Million in New Spending by State Required for Medicaid RCOs

By Dr. Henry C. Mabry The pending state General Fund Budget is generating discussion concerning Gov. Robert Bentley’s demand to include an additional $100 million for Medicaid. Without this amount, the governor is threatening a veto and June special legislative session. The governor says Medicaid will not be adequately funded and that the new managed … Continued

Henry Mabry

March 14, 2016

Opinion

End the Political Gamesmanship of Medicaid

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter For the poor child, the disabled, and the aged, Medicaid is not health insurance…it’s life insurance. It literally means the difference between life and death for almost a million Alabamians. Is there a sane person who believes that want, infirmity, or debilitating old-age are things we wish for? Yet, … Continued

Bill Britt

March 14, 2016

Opinion

Profit agenda drains education funds

By Dr. Henry Mabry AEA Executive Secretary As President Abraham Lincoln said, “You can fool some of the people all of the time, all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.” Maybe that’s why 100,000 people rallied at the North Carolina Capitol … Continued

Henry Mabry

February 21, 2014

Opinion

ALGOP Chairman Needs to Check Facts

By Dr. Henry Mabry Executive Secretary/Treasurer of the Alabama Education Association Perhaps the chairman of the Alabama Republican Party should have checked with the governor’s office before casting blame for the announced closure of the International Paper Mill in Courtland. A statement from the GOP blames the Alabama Education Association for “playing politics” in the … Continued

Henry Mabry

October 8, 2013

Opinion

Republicans in Montgomery Take One Last Jab at Public Education

By House Minority Leader Craig Ford For the past three years, the Alabama legislature under the leadership of the Republican Supermajority has waged a war on public education in Alabama. It started with cutting educators’ take-home pay. Next, the Republicans “dropped the DROP program” (though they waited until they could get their payout from it … Continued

Craig Ford

May 14, 2013

Education Employees to Rally in Montgomery Today

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, public education employees will be holding a rally in Montgomery. The event is being held as part of public education employee week and is supported by the Alabama Education Association (AEA). Public education employees from around the state will gather on the steps of the state Capitol … Continued

Brandon Moseley

April 9, 2013

Opinion

TRS must be transparent and focus on its primary functions

By Dr. Henry Mabry The truth will set you free. It would be preferable for me to never, ever have to endure spending the time and experience the headaches associated with the Teacher Retirement System and our health insurance program, PEEHIP. The people at TRS would never hear a peep from me if: 1) AEA … Continued

Henry Mabry

January 23, 2013

Opinion

Nothing new from those who hurt our public schools

By Dr. Henry Mabry Executive Secretary, Alabama Education Association Protect our right to public education, no on Amendment 4 The more things change, the more things stay the same, as the saying goes. It was 20 years ago, and there we were trying to get more money for schools and the need for changes in … Continued

Henry Mabry

November 2, 2012

AEA’s Henry Mabry, sees Amendment 4 as wallpaper over real intentions

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY— Supporters of Amendment 4 that will appear on the November ballot, say the bill simply removes racist language from Alabama’s 1901 Constitution, others see a hidden agenda. Is there a clever plot, a diabolical calculation, a misunderstanding or a difference of opinion? We recently asked Dr. Henry Mabry, … Continued

Bill Britt

October 22, 2012

Opinion

AEA’s Henry Mabry Speaks on the Alabama CA Passage

By Dr. Henry Mabry Executive Secretary of the Alabama Education Association Here is my quote, “Hallelujah, Alabama’s voters have chosen to continue taking care of God’s children. A vote Yes was absolutely correct to keep in tact the soul of Alabama.” Sent from my iPhone

Henry Mabry

September 19, 2012