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House passes General Fund Budget

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Alabama House of Representatives passed the state General Fund Budget on Tuesday. The General Fund Budget for the 2019 fiscal year is Senate Bill 178. It is sponsored by Sen. Trip Pittman, R-Montrose. State Rep. Steve Clouse, R-Ozark, carried the budget on the House floor. Clouse chairs the … Continued
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March 14, 2018

Legislature expected to deal with budgets this week

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Alabama House of Representatives will meet today to consider the state General Fund Budget (SGF). The state of Alabama is unique among the states in that most of the money is earmarked for specific purposes allowing the legislature little year to year flexibility in moving funds around. The … Continued
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March 13, 2018

GOP’s Dawson says lottery plans prey on those who can least afford it

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Democratic candidate for governor Walter “Walt” Maddox released his plan for an education lottery Monday following a lottery plan released by Democratic gubernatorial candidate Sue Bell Cobb released last week. That afternoon Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Dawson released a statement denouncing the Democrat lottery proposal as an effort to … Continued
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February 20, 2018

House passes education budget

By Brandon Moseley  Alabama Political Reporter The Alabama House of Representatives passed the largest education trust budget in over 10 years unanimously on Tuesday. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey praised the House for its passage of the education budget and pay raises for education employees. “Today, the House of Representatives passed an education budget similar to … Continued
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February 14, 2018

Education Trust Fund Budget to be voted on in Committee today

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, the Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee held a public hearing on the Education Trust Fund fiscal year 2019 budget. Committee Chairman Bill Poole, R-Tuscaloosa, said this is a very good budget. Education employees will receive a 2.5 percent pay increase across the board. The trust fund … Continued
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February 7, 2018

Finance Director: “We are really excited about this budget”

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, January 10, 2018, Alabama Finance Director Clinton Carter met with journalists at the Capitol to discuss the state’s budgets.  Carter briefed the press on Gov. Kay Ivey’s General Fund and Education Trust Fund budget proposals. Carter said, “We are really excited about this budget.”  Carter said that state … Continued
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January 12, 2018

Perspective | The Top Ten Issues Facing the Legislature

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The 2018 Alabama Regular Legislative Session begins in just 11 days on Jan. 9, 2018, and this is an election year so formal major party qualifying begins on the same day.  The elections mean that the session begins earlier than normal and will likely end even sooner so that … Continued
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December 29, 2017

Knight complains about cuts to Alabama State University

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Sunday, state Rep. John Knight, D-Montgomery, issued a letter complaining about what he felt are excessive budget cuts to Montgomery’s Alabama State University. “Alabama State University has come too far to allow the chairman of the Senate Education Committee to destroy our university. He has proposed ten times more … Continued
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November 21, 2017

Dial receives CLAS award

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday., June 13, 2017, State Senator Gerald Dial (R-Lineville) has been awarded the prestigious CLAS Legislative Leadership Award. Sonja Hines, 2016-2017 CLAS president, presented Dial with a plaque and an award at the 2017 CLAS Annual Summer Convention in the Mobile Convention Center during the Awards Luncheon on Tuesday, … Continued
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June 20, 2017

State expands Pre-K by 122 classrooms for 2017-2018 school year

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, May 31, 2017, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) and the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education today announced that the State’s First Class Pre-K program will add 122 new classrooms this fall. The new classrooms will increase the size of Alabama’s high-quality, voluntary pre-kindergarten program for the 2017-2018 … Continued
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June 2, 2017