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By Sable Harris Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday March 12, 2013, the twelfth legislative day in Montgomery The package deal was passed in the Senate, SB287 and SB288 passed on the Senate floor. SB287 provides for transfer to the state general fund during the fiscal year 2014 of certain anticipated tobacco revenue, while SB288, under existing … Continued

By Senate Democrats On Tuesday, Alabama voters approved a constitutional amendment, which allows the transfer of $437 million, over three years, from the Alabama Trust Fund to make up for revenue shortfalls in the state’s General Fund.  The General Fund finances programs like Medicaid, mental health, prisons, the courts and many other state agencies.  Democrats … Continued

Staff Report From the Office of Senate Majority Leader Senator Jabo Waggoner Vestavia Hills – Alabama Senate Majority Leader and Chairman of Senate Rules Committee, Senator Jabo Waggoner released a statement on passage of the Constitutional Amendment to transfer funds from the Alabama Trust Fund to the state’s General Fund: “By passing this Amendment, Alabama voters … Continued

Staff Report From the Office of Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh MONTGOMERY – Following the passage of today’s Constitutional Amendment to transfer funds from the Alabama Trust Fund to the state’s general fund, Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh issued the following statement: “Today’s vote was an acknowledgement that we’ve made significant strides over the … Continued

Staff Report BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Bill Armistead, Chairman of the Alabama Republican Party, released the following statement regarding the passage of Amendment One: “The voters of Alabama made their wishes clear tonight by voting to pass Amendment One, allowing our state government to transfer $437 million over the next three years from the Alabama Trust … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Alabama Tea Party Movement is actively lobbying Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) to join with the other conservative Republican Governors and tell the administration of President Barack H Obama that Alabama will not participate in implementing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care (better known as Obamacare). On Friday … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Medical Association of the State of Alabama (MASA) wants the state legislature to raise the excise taxes on cigarettes and tobacco to prevent the Alabama Medicaid Program from taking a 38% cut in the 2012/2013 budget.  The General Fund budget that the Alabama House of Representatives passed on … Continued

Staff Report Alabama Political Reporter Aside from echoing the state Republican Party agenda of promoting pro-business legislation for job growth, Alabama Lt. Gov. Kay Ivey said a number of challenges await lawmakers as the 2012 Regular Session looms. “The fiscal reality is that the General Fund is down $400 million,” Ivey told members of the Opelika … Continued