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Why George Wallace said “no” to the U.S. Senate

My next book on Alabama politics will expound on who I believe have been the top 60 political leaders in Alabama over the past 60 years. More than likely in any political historian’s book George Wallace and Senator Richard Shelby would rank as the top two.  The question is, “Who gets the number one spot?” … Continued
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June 17, 2020

Governor to sign record education budget

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey issued a statement Thursday announcing that she intends to sign the state education trust fund budget. Ivey also announced that she was signing the state general fund budget and amending SB161, the FY 2020 General Fund supplemental appropriations bill that would appropriate federal CARES Act funds. “This afternoon, I sent a … Continued
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May 18, 2020

Polls, talk radio push attacks on Ivey, but is she worried?

Since Gov. Kay Ivey made known the existence of the “wish list” of spending items the Legislature proposed for the approximate $1.8 billion in federal relief money, some lawmakers have been up in arms. But the “wish list” wasn’t a hastily drawn-up inventory of hypothetical projects as some have suggested. The Legislative Services Agency formatted … Continued
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May 14, 2020

Marsh says governor asked for wish list

Senate President Del Marsh, R-Anniston, told reporters Saturday that the governor’s office asked the leadership to prepare the “wish list” that Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey released last week when she denounced legislators for trying to seize control of $1.8 billion into CARES Act funding Congress appropriated to the state to fight the spread of the … Continued
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May 11, 2020

Pressure grows on Ivey for a wider opening of the economy

An estimated 82 protestors from the Small Business Coalition, that opposes the state’s “safer-at-home” restrictions, marched from Montgomery’s Crampton Bowl, to the Statehouse and on to the front steps of the Alabama Capitol Building on Tuesday. The protestors carried flags and signs while urging Gov. Kay Ivey to lift the restrictions placed on the economy … Continued
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May 6, 2020

Ainsworth thanks governor for beginning to implement small business commission’s recommendations

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday said she would lift the stay at home order Thursday on Alabama’s 4.8 million residents and allowed many nonessential businesses to reopen. Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth thanked Gov. Ivey for beginning to implement the Small Business Commission recommendations. Ainsworth heads the Small Business Commission and has been an outspoken … Continued
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April 29, 2020

House Republican Caucus commends Ivey on making a difficult decision

Alabama House Majority Leader Nathaniel Ledbetter, R-Rainsville, Tuesday released a statement in support of the revised public health order that Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced during a State Capitol news conference. “The members of the House Republican Caucus commend Gov. Ivey for making a difficult decision and allowing many of Alabama’s small businesses to resume … Continued
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April 29, 2020