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Does Luther Strange deserve a place on the Republican ballot?

By Thomas J. Scovill Luther Strange is Alabama’s erstwhile Attorney General and new US Senator. He seems to like his job and says he wants to compete in the August special Republican primary so he can keep it. Strange got the job in February after nearly two months of lobbying now disgraced former Governor Bentley … Continued
May 1, 2017

Bill re-organizing registrars fails

By Sam Mattison Alabama Political Reporter House Bill 150, which concerned re-organizing the management of the Board of Registrars, failed Tuesday in a split vote of 43-43. The Board of Registrars control the registration of voters within a county and are appointed by the Governor. HB150 would have made the positions reviewable by the appointing … Continued
March 9, 2017

State of the workforce

Fitzgerald Washington Secretary, Alabama Department of Labor We’re at the beginning of another year, and ready to see continued improvement in our economy. At the Alabama Department of Labor, we are busy wrapping up the facts and figures for 2016. There were many improvements last year, and I’d like to let people know about them. … Continued
February 17, 2017

Update: Strange’s replacement, Bentley’s folly and a host of questionable acts overshadow Sessions’ Replacement

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter While Washington D.C. politicians and many here in Alabama publicly congratulated Attorney General Luther Strange on his appointment to the US Senate, the overwhelming reaction among reporters and politicos ranges from negative to outrage. Among the chattering classes and in legal circles, Strange’s appointment to fill the vacancy left … Continued
February 10, 2017

The irony of righteous indignation

Education Matters By Larry Lee When State Superintendent of Education Mike Sentance told the State School Board Dec. 8, that the Office of Inspector General of the US Department of Education had determined that the State’s high school graduation rate was inaccurate, reaction was swift and true to form. Members of the Legislature who consistently … Continued
December 16, 2016

More lewd details about affair emerge in new bombshell lawsuit against Gov. Robert Bentley

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter A new lawsuit filed on Wednesday against Gov. Robert Bentley and his alleged mistress and former top political aide, Rebekah Mason, reveal new details about the Governor and Mason’s alleged affair and Bentley’s alleged misuse of State funds to facilitate that affair. Wendall Ray Lewis, the former Head of … Continued
November 24, 2016

Dial Committee Meets Again as The Plot Thickens

By Larry Lee Education Matters The committee set up by Senators Gerald Dial and Quinton Ross held their second session Nov. 10 to question State school board members and others in the on-going effort to determine how an anonymous “smear sheet” discrediting Jefferson County school superintendent Craig Pouncey became public knowledge. Pouncey, a former chief … Continued
November 11, 2016

Victoryland Reopens With Blowout Attendance

By Susan Britt Alabama Political Reporter SHORTER—Starting before noon on Tuesday, people were lining up, along with the traffic, around Victoryland in Macon County, for its “Grand” reopening at 2:00 pm. People poured through the doors and flooded the lobby, as they all rushed to get their chance to gamble at Victoryland, again. At a … Continued
September 14, 2016

Sine Die And Good Luck

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Medicaid is funded for 2017, with $105 million for 2018, which gives legislators an opportunity to do nothing controversial or terribly important in an election year. Strange, how these little things happen to workout, I guess. Governor Bentley received his Medicaid dollars so he can stop worrying about the … Continued
September 8, 2016

Senate Cloture Vote Kills Lottery Bill SB11

By Susan Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—On Thursday, the lottery bill SB11 (including video lottery terminals) sponsored by Jim McClendon (R-Springville), was carried over after a cloture vote in the Senate. “It is not usual for someone to cloture themselves,” said McClendon. After explaining his bill and answering questions for two days, the Senate responded … Continued
August 19, 2016