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Fitzgerald Washington Joins Bentley Administration as Department of Labor Commissioner

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, July 9, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) announced that he has appointed Fitzgerald Washington to serve in the Bentley Administration as Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Labor. Governor Bentley said, “Fitzgerald Washington has a strong business background with a wealth of knowledge and experience, and is … Continued
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July 11, 2014

Bentley Announces Savings of $35 Million By Refinancing Bonds

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, July 1, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) announced that the Alabama Public School and College Authority (PSCA) successfully completed the refinancing of $574.2 million in outstanding bonds, issued in 2007.  The announcement occurred at a meeting on Tuesday in the Finance Director’s Office. Refinancing the bonds at … Continued
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July 3, 2014

Bentley Announces that Alabama Will Open Red Snapper Season in State Waters Every Weekend in July

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, June 26 Alabama Governor Robert Bentley and the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Marine Resources Division announced in a written statement that Alabama State waters will open for the harvest of red snapper and gray triggerfish on all Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in July. Governor … Continued
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June 30, 2014

Can What Happened in Mississippi Happen Here?

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The political world was shocked by the outcome of the Republican Primary Runoff in Mississippi on Tuesday, June 24.  Longtime incumbent Mississippi U.S. Senator Thad Cochran appeared to be outmatched against the younger, more fiery State Senator Chris McDaniel, who had the support of the national Tea Party movement. … Continued
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June 26, 2014

Armistead Repeats Support for Closed Primaries

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter BIRMINGHAM—Alabama Republican Party Chairman Bill Armistead has repeated his call for Alabama to have closed party primaries. Chairman Armistead wrote to Republican faithfuls, “When I ran for Chairman of the Alabama Republican Party I vowed to seek ways to ensure that Republicans voted to select their candidates in the … Continued
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June 19, 2014

Governor Bentley Addresses Prison Reform

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, June 10, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) announced in a press conference that he was launching the Justice Reinvestment Initiative (JRI), a comprehensive study of the State’s criminal justice system that the State hopes will identify ways to implement more cost effective criminal justice policies. The Council … Continued
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June 11, 2014

Democratic Gubernatorial Primary is Today

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter All of the press, money, advertising and attention has been focused on the Alabama Republican Party, where the mega-PACs have all chosen up sides assuming that the GOP will maintain a supermajority in both Houses of the State legislature for another four years.  The Alabama Education Association (AEA) is … Continued
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June 3, 2014

George Says State Needs Gambling

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Gambling: what kind of gambling is allowed in Alabama, who should be allowed to run gambling operations in the State, and where those operations (if any) would be allowed used to be a major issue in State politics. Now we debate which conservative GOP Primary candidate is the most … Continued
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May 27, 2014