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Roby Questions New Obama “Guidelines” for School Discipline

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Conservatives have been troubled by efforts by the Obama Administration to coerce states to adopt the controversial Common Core Curriculum.  Now the Obama Administration is asking schools to adopt newly announced federal “guidelines” for school discipline. U.S. Representative Martha Roby (R) from Alabama questioned the wisdom and appropriateness of … Continued
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January 13, 2014

Mayor Johnny Ford to Speak-Out on Voting Rights Act

Staff Report MONTGOMERY — Today at 10:00 Tuskegee Mayor Johnny Ford will hold a press conference on the steps of the Alabama State House to praise the Obama administration for its efforts to reinstate the Voting Rights Act. The following is a statement from Mayor Ford: “I want to publicly commend the U.S. Attorney General … Continued
July 26, 2013

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

Sewell Attends Inaugural Faith Leaders Summit on Voting Rights

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell (D) from Selma attended the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) inaugural Faith Leaders Summit on Voting Rights.  The event was held in conjunction with the Conference of National Black Churches (CNBC) 2012 National Consultation.  U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder delivered the keynote address. In her … Continued
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June 6, 2012

Alabama Joins $25 Billion Joint State-Federal 
Mortgage Servicing Settlement on Foreclosure Wrongs

Staff Report Alabama Political Reporter State share of national settlement estimated at $106,701,096 From the Office of Attorney General Luther Strange (MONTGOMERY)–Attorney General Luther Strange Thursday formally joined a landmark $25 billion national joint federal-state agreement with the nation’s five largest mortgage servicers over foreclosure abuses and fraud, and unacceptable nationwide mortgage servicing practices. The proposed … Continued
February 10, 2012

The Year in Obama Scandals — and Scandal Deniers

Staff Report With 2011 drawing to a close, it is time to account. As an early-and-often chronicler of Chicago-on-the-Potomac, I am amazed at the stubborn and clingy persistence of President Barack Obama’s snowblowers in the media. See no scandal, hear no scandal, speak no scandal. Dartmouth College professor Brendan Nyhan asserted in May — while … Continued
December 30, 2011