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Bentley Removes Confederate Flags

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, June 24, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley ordered State workers to take down all of the Confederate flags from state Capitol grounds.  The controversial move was quick to draw support from several elected officials. Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D-Selma) said in a statement, “The Confederate flag is a … Continued
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June 25, 2015

Earmarking and Budget Reform Committee Meets

  By Brandon MoseleyAlabama Political Reporter Thursday, June 11, the Speaker’s Commission on Earmarking and Budget Reform met for the very first time on the last day of the 2015 regular Legislative session. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mike Hubbard (R-Auburn), told the members of his commission that there are two different prongs … Continued
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June 15, 2015

Shelby Says Export-Import Bank Problems Beyond Repair

By Brandon MoseleyAlabama Political Reporter Wednesday, June 10, 2015 US Senator Richard Shelby (R-Alabama), spoke on the Senate floor in opposition to the Export-Import Bank of the United States.  Sen. Shelby said, “I believe that Ex-Im has outlived its usefulness and should be allowed to expire.” The controversial bank is currently only authorized through June … Continued
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June 11, 2015

Strange Asks Court to Dismiss Zeigler Suit

By Brandon MoseleyAlabama Political Reporter Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange (R) has asked the court to dismiss a lawsuit brought by State Auditor Jim Zeigler (R) and two other plaintiffs. Strange says the three plaintiffs do not have legal standing to bring the suit, have failed to state a legal cause of action, and argues … Continued
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June 10, 2015

Takeaways from 2015 Legislative Session

By Brandon MoseleyAlabama Political Reporter The 2015 Legislative Session is all but over. The Alabama House of Representatives will come back on Thursday, June 11, to concur with a handful of bills the Senate passed. But, with the Senate adjourned, what they can actually accomplish is very limited, beyond the photo op.  This would be … Continued
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June 8, 2015

Social Conservatives Accomplish Little in Legislative Session

By Brandon MoseleyAlabama Political Reporter  The 2015 Alabama legislative session is effectively over, except for a tidying-up day at the Alabama House of Representatives on Thursday, June 11. The corporations who fund GOP campaigns essentially got most of their legislative agendas passed, but the social conservatives and tea party groups were not very successful in … Continued
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June 8, 2015

Governor Signs Gabe’s Right To Try Act

By Brandon MoseleyAlabama Political Reporter Wednesday, June 3, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) signed SB357, Gabe’s Right to Try bill. The bill allows the terminally ill to have access to and use of experimental treatments.  The bill was named for 10-year-old Gabe Griffin of Shelby County, who has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). Gov. Bentley said, … Continued
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June 8, 2015

Bentley Vetoes Budget: Turning This Into A Real Crisis

By Brandon MoseleyAlabama Political Reporter On Thursday, June 4, the Alabama Senate finally passed the State General Fund budget (SGF). Thursday was day 29 of the legislative session and under the 1901 Alabama Constitution there are only 30 legislative days allowed in the session. The Senate and the House both went into the day with … Continued
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June 5, 2015

General Fund Budget in a Morass

By Brandon MoseleyAlabama Political Reporter Wednesday, June 3: Again, no one in the legislature could come together on a plan on what to do about the State General Fund (SGF) before this session began, and with this session rapidly coming to an end, no resolution appears in sight. An angrily divided Senate adjourned after lunch … Continued
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June 4, 2015