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The bickering over State prisons continues

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter There will be yet another prison bill introduced when the Legislature returns on April 4, but even so, skepticism is growing over lawmakers’ chances of getting any legislation passed. The fact that there will be another prison bill – this one backed by more than a dozen sheriffs and … Continued
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March 22, 2017
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A Trump supporter just believes

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter The President of the United States is under investigation for espionage. Even Alabama’s politicians haven’t tried that yet. As for the rest of the Trump base here in the State that helped launch his rise to the White House, things are going about like you’d expect. Which is to … Continued
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March 21, 2017
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Alabama Legislature Week 6: You won’t miss them while they’re gone

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter I have good news and bad news. First the good news: For the next two weeks, the Alabama Legislature will be on break – a much deserved vacation from the grueling 3-day work weeks and mostly 6-hour days spent thinking hard about stuff. But here’s the bad news: they … Continued
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March 17, 2017

Sheriffs: DOC stole our inmates to make case for new prisons

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter In order to inflate the number of prisoners being housed in State-run prisons possibly to make a better case to build new prisons, Alabama Department of Corrections officials last year began moving dozens of prisoners being held in county facilities, several County Sheriffs said during a meeting Wednesday at the … Continued
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March 16, 2017
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Want to see public records? It’ll cost you

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Alabama’s Open Records Act stinks. It’s worthless. It’s mostly unhelpful. And for those entities that know how to use the loopholes and rules to their advantage, the law can actually be a deterrent to accessing open records. The Alabama Medicaid agency is one of those entities. In “fulfilling” a … Continued
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March 16, 2017

House Budget: 9 hours, no raises passed

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter It took nine hours on Tuesday for the Alabama House to pass the same budget it started with, and by the not-so-close margin of 72-28. Your government at work. Approval of the budget was held up by an all-afternoon (and most of the night) filibuster by Democrats, who were … Continued
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March 15, 2017

A new prison debuts, but more changes are coming

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter A new prison bill made its anticipated debut Tuesday, but by the time it hits a Senate committee on Wednesday, it’s likely to have some company in the House. The new bill, which is sponsored by Sen. Cam Ward, removed the State from most of the process, allocating just … Continued
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March 15, 2017
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Make Alabama Great Again: Vote for You!

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter The unemployment rate in Alabama is growing. That’s right. Growing. There continue to be more people looking for jobs than jobs being created. We have moved from a low of 6.1 percent unemployment a year ago to 6.3 last month. At this rate, poor ol’ Gov. Robert Bentley is … Continued
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March 14, 2017
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Alabama Legislature Week 5: Jesus would impeach them all

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter It’s Friday, so you know that means: I’m going to get you high today. Oops, no, wait, that’s Craig and Smokey. I’m going to give you the weekly recap of what went down in Alabama’s Legislature. After which, you’ll want to go get high. So, roll ‘em up and … Continued
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March 10, 2017