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Five Elected Officials Switch To GOP

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, March 6, the Alabama Republican Party announced that five elected officials from Lauderdale and Talladega Counties have decided to switch to the Republican Party. Alabama Republican Party Chairwoman Terry Lathan and Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) welcomed the new officials to the Republican Party at a press … Continued
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March 10, 2015

Bentley Releases Details On Controversial Tax Plan

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter In November, Governor Robert Bentley was reelected by the vast majority of the voters in Alabama easily outclassing his Democratic opponent. But was Gov. Bentley reelected because the people of Alabama trust him implicitly to lead them, or were they voting for his first term policies of rightsizing Alabama … Continued
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March 2, 2015

State Weighs Budget Options

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, February 13, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) shocked everyone who follows Alabama politics when he announced in a speech in Birmingham that he plans to spend the next four years of his second term raising taxes on the people of Alabama. Gov. Bentley said that the State … Continued
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February 19, 2015

Bentley Says Tax Hike Inevitable

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Friday, February 13, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) announced in a speech in Birmingham that he plans to spend the next four years of his second term raising taxes on the people of Alabama. Gov. Bentley’s controversial remarks were made to a luncheon of PARCA (the Public Affairs Research … Continued
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February 16, 2015

Hundreds Rally for School Choice In Montgomery

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, January 27, hundreds of Alabama school children and their parents joined Alabama Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard (R-Auburn) in a rally in front of the state capital demanding that the state of Alabama offer more education choices to students such as charter schools and expanding the … Continued
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January 29, 2015

Roby Preparing for the Next Congress

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Congresswoman Martha Roby (R from Montgomery) announces staff changes for the incoming 114th Congress. Representative Roby said, “Today I announced my Congressional staff for the 114th Congress. Several new staff members have been hired, and others promoted, all to enhance our legislative efforts and constituent services. Learn more about … Continued
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November 26, 2014

The Nexus of Big Business and the Hubbard Affair

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard, R-Auburn, has been charged with 23 felony counts of public corruption. Many of the indictments stem from Hubbard receiving significant quantities of cash from some of the State’s largest business owners. The indictments issued by the Special Lee County Grand Jury, name Gov. … Continued
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October 27, 2014

Hubbard Said to Have Threatened Superintendents

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—According to several members who were present at the most recent meeting of the Council for Leaders in Alabama Schools (CLAS), an association that represents School Administrators across the State, Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard threatened certain State School Superintendents. On September, 22, Speaker Hubbard was in attendance … Continued
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October 7, 2014

Mathis Denounces Common Core

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Republicans are widely divided on whether the controversial Common Core standards should be adopted or not.  On Saturday, March 22 Dr. Chad Mathis denounced Common Core and attacked conservatives who support adoption of the controversial new national education standards. The conservative Congressional Candidate said in a Town Hall opinion … Continued
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March 26, 2014

Joe Freeman Asks for Tea Party Vote

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, Joe Freeman told the Rainy Day Patriots at their November candidates forum that he was running for the Alabama House of Representatives in House District 44. Freeman said that he is from the Trussville area and is a 1999 graduate of Trussville High School.  District 44 includes … Continued
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November 18, 2013