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Marsh Tells Voters He Will Not Be Indicted

By Brandon MoseleyAlabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, October 29, an overflow crowd packed the Lurleen Wallace School of Nursing auditorium at Jacksonville State University to hear the Senate District 11 debate between incumbent Senator Del Marsh (R from Anniston) and his opponent, attorney Taylor Stewart (D from Anniston).  The event was a heavy weight slug … Continued
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October 30, 2014

Bentley Announces Unemployment Rate Drops to 6.6 Percent

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter 2014 has been a sluggish year for the Alabama economy, but it appears things are getting on track in September. On Friday, October 17 the Governor’s office announced that the adjusted unemployment rate has dropped to just 6.6 percent. Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) said, “The number of jobs … Continued
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October 20, 2014

Sessions Responds Timing of Executive Amnesty

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R from Alabama) released a written statement following an admission by a White House spokesman that the implementation of an executive amnesty has been pushed back several weeks because they hoped it would delay public outrage until after the election. Sen. Sessions said, “One is … Continued
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October 14, 2014

State’s Unemployment Rate Drops Back to 6.9 Percent

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Friday, September 19, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) announced that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted August unemployment rate is 6.9 percent, which is down from the July rate of 7.0 percent. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics lists 147,346 Alabama residents as officially unemployed which is down from 148,652 in … Continued
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September 22, 2014

Sessions Says Senate Democrats Have Broken Social Contract with Their Constituents

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Friday, September 12 U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R from Alabama) delivered remarks on what his office called, “The Administration’s collaboration with Congressional Democrats and the corporate immigration lobby on executive actions that would reduce workers’ pay.” Senator Jeff Sessions said, “Earlier this week I spoke about the President’s promise … Continued
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September 16, 2014

Byrne: No Time Is The Right Time For Executive Amnesty

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Monday, September 8, Congressman Bradley Byrne (R) from Montrose issued a written statement regarding President Barack H. Obama’s decision to “delay” his controversial executive action on immigration policy until after the midterm elections in November. Representative Byrne said: “There is no right time for the President to use … Continued
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September 11, 2014

Foster Wants to Put Bessemer Back to Work

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, September 3, Darius Foster, candidate for the Alabama House of Representatives in state House District 56, announced that he was sponsoring a job fair on October 7 at the Bessemer Civic Center. Darius Foster said in a written statement, “No candidate in the history of this district … Continued
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September 4, 2014

Alabama Unemployment Still High

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Earlier this month, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley announced that Alabama’s July Unemployment Rate was 7.0%. That is much better than the post-Great Recession jobs situation that Governor Bentley inherited four years ago, but not considerably better than where the state was this time last year. Total wage and salary … Continued
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August 27, 2014

Alabama Power to Close Coal Power Plants

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, August 1, the Alabama Power Company announced that in response to heavy handed regulation by the federal government, they will close two coal generating units in North Alabama and reduce or eliminate coal power units at Barry Steam Plant in Mobile County.  Alabama Power’s announcement comes in … Continued
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August 4, 2014

AG Luther Strange and Blaine Galliher Testify Against EPA

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, July 29, 2014, the people of Alabama were represented in Atlanta by both Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange (R) and the Governor’s senior advisor, Blaine Galliher (R).  The pair testified Tuesday against the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed new rule limiting carbon emissions from power plants. Attorney General … Continued
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July 31, 2014