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Alabama Saw Second Worst Education Funding Decline Since 2008, Report Says

By Chip Brownlee The Alabama Political Reporter Montgomery—Of all the 50 states across the US, Alabama’s K-12 education budget saw the nation’s second worst decline in funding per student during the Great Recession and that funding has not yet been restored to pre-2008 levels, according to a new non-partisan report. Alabama’s K-12 education funding per student … Continued

October 28, 2016

Bentley Announces Unemployment Dropped to 5.4 Percent

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Sunday, August 16, 2016, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) announced that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted August unemployment rate has fallen to just 5.4 percent. The lowest rate of Gov. Bentley’s time in office. That is down from July’s rate of 5.7 percent and below August 2015’s rate of 6.1 … Continued

September 20, 2016

Bachus Praises Passage of Bipartisan Bankruptcy Reform Bill

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, September 16, the House Judiciary Committee passed a bipartisan financial institutions bankruptcy reform bill that was introduced by Judiciary Chairman Robert Goodlatte (R from Virginia), U.S. Representative Spencer Bachus (R from Vestavia) , and Ranking Member John Conyers (D from Michigan). The three veteran legislators introduced a … Continued

September 18, 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

July 3, 2014

House Ways and Means Committee Moves to Cancel Teacher Pay Raise

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, March 12 the House Way and Means for Education Committee approved an education budget without the 2% pay raise that Governor Robert Bentley had included in his budget request, which has been rejected by the Senate and now by the House Ways and Means Committee. The teachers … Continued

March 18, 2014

Bentley Threatens to Veto Education Budget

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) publicly announced that if the legislature passes an Education Trust Fund (ETF) budget that does not raise the pay of Alabama teachers then he will veto that budget. Governor Bentley said, “The Education Budget I presented is good and balanced. I’m asking … Continued

March 7, 2014

Byrne Responds to President Obama’s State of the Union Address

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Report On Tuesday, January 28, 2014 Representative Bradley Byrne (R) from Montrose commented after attending President Obama’s State of the Union Address Tuesday night. Congressman Byrne said: “What we heard in President Obama’s address tonight is an echo of more of the same failing big-government policies that have driven up … Continued

January 29, 2014

Editorial: Are We in a Permanent Slump?

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Those of us over 40 remember much different economic times, from the world we have witnessed (and in some cases experienced) since 2008. Stores and restaurants were eager to recruit us, to come work for them by the time we were 14. For those of us who were more of the … Continued

November 19, 2013

Bachus Warns that FHA Is Assuming too Much Risk

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, Congressman Spencer Bachus (R) from Vestavia warned that the Federal Housing Administration is risking taxpayer funds and may be facing a new bailout. The House Financial Services Committee began a series of hearings on the Federal Housing Administration (FHA)last week. FHA has a fund with a negative … Continued

February 12, 2013