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Alabama leaders react to Toyota-Mazda announcement

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Mazda and Toyota announced Wednesday that they had selected the TVA mega site in Limestone County for their newest manufacturing plant.  The $1.6 billion joint venture in the city limits of Huntsville will employ up to 4,000 workers.  A number of Alabama elected leaders reacted to the good economic … Continued
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January 11, 2018

Walt Maddox: The picture Ivey painted of the state was fiction

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, January 9, 2017, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey gave her first state of the state address to a joint session of the Alabama Legislature.  Ivey presented an optimistic, forward-thinking picture of Alabama with improving budgets, record levels of employment, pay raises for state employees, more teachers, and reforms … Continued
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January 11, 2018

AG candidate Alice Martin addresses conservative groups

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Republican candidate for Attorney General Alice Martin on Tuesday addressed conservative groups at their legislative session preview meeting in the Alabama Statehouse. Martin is a former U.S. Attorney under President George W. Bush and is a former Alabama Deputy Attorney General under then Attorney General  Luther Strange. Martin said … Continued
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January 10, 2018

Senate passes historic tax cut bill

By Brandon Moseley  Alabama Political Reporter The “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,” HR1, narrowly passed in the Senate by a vote of 51-48.  Both of Alabama’s U.S. Senators: Richard Shelby and Luther Strange voted in favor of HR1.  The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is the most significant piece of tax cut legislation to pass … Continued
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December 20, 2017

Mo Brooks recovering from Prostatectomy

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Friday, December 15, 2017, Congressman Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, announced that he had undergone the prostatectomy he mentioned during a House floor speech on Wednesday, December 13. The procedure went well according to Brooks’ family and the Congressman is recovering. Results from full pathology tests will be available in the coming weeks, but preliminary lab … Continued
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December 18, 2017

Almost half of Trump voters did not vote for Roy Moore

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama Republicans never did fully get behind Roy Moore’s campaign for U.S. Senate. Moore’s supporters are among the most loyal voters in the state; but Moore failed to unite the Republican Party behind his candidacy. Moore easily cruised over appointed Sen. Luther Strange in the Republican primary runoff. Moore … Continued
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December 15, 2017

The GOP has conceded, but Roy Moore is refusing — again.

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore, seizing on the shock and awe of a Democrat winning a statewide election in Alabama, is refusing to concede the election to his challenger, Democrat Doug Jones, who appears to have won the election by at least 20,000 votes and 1.5 percentage points, … Continued
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December 14, 2017

US Rep. Mo Brooks diagnosed with prostate cancer

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, announced on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday that he has prostate cancer. “This is a very difficult speech for me to give. God works in mysterious ways,” Brooks said. “When you are an elected official, missed votes require an explanation. … Continued
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December 14, 2017