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Task force to explore removing grocery tax

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Want to repeal the tax on food in Alabama? There’s a task force for that. In what has quickly become Gov. Robert Bentley’s go-to move for dealing with complicated issues that are popular with voters, the Governor on Tuesday signed an executive order forming a committee to study the … Continued
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February 22, 2017
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“School choice” is an awful choice

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter “School choice” makes no sense. At least, it doesn’t the way the conservatives currently push it, and it especially makes no sense the way Alabama lawmakers push it. “School choice,” as it was originally intended, is not an alternative to fixing poor performing public schools. It was a choice … Continued
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February 21, 2017
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Alabama Legislature week 2: Careful with those eyeglasses

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Week No. 2 has come and gone in the Alabama Legislature’s 2017 Regular Session, and we’re left with only the memories. And the awful legislation. Let’s get to the recap….   Rough Start If the first real day of debate on the House floor sets the tone for the … Continued
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February 17, 2017

Alabama’s failed redistricting plan could bring back preclearance

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Preclearance could be making a return to Alabama. Three years after the US Supreme Court struck down sections of the 1965 Voting Rights Act that required several states, including Alabama, to receive preclearance from the Department of Justice before making changes to State voting laws, Alabama Republicans might have … Continued
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February 17, 2017
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Strange, Bentley and the dumbest scandal ever

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter The dumbest, most obvious payoff I ever heard of as a reporter happened in 2000. I was just starting out, working as a sports reporter, when rumblings began about shady football recruiting payoffs taking place in Memphis and involving the University of Alabama. Supposedly, some Crimson Tide boosters had … Continued
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February 16, 2017

The rare, bipartisan push to end judicial override in Alabama

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter There was a rare show of bipartisanship during Wednesday’s House Judiciary Committee meeting, and even rarer step taken to end a long-outdated practice. A bill that would bring an end to judicial override – the power that only Alabama now grants judges to overturn the decisions of juries and … Continued
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February 16, 2017

Lawmaker: Bentley is breaking the law

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter The Governor is breaking the law. That is the legal opinion of State Rep. Chris England (D-Tuscaloosa) of Gov. Robert Bentley’s plan to hold a special election for Jeff Sessions’ US Senate seat during the General Election in 2018. Bentley signed a resolution announcing his intent to fill the … Continued
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February 15, 2017

House to hear new push for Bentley impeachment

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter There will be a renewed push in the Alabama House on Tuesday to impeach Gov. Robert Bentley. New articles of impeachment brought by Reps. Corey Harbison and Randall Shedd will be presented during a pre-session meeting, at which Harbison and Shedd will attempt to get lawmakers to pledge support. … Continued
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February 14, 2017
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The old AG has done the new AG no favors

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Steve Marshall might be a fine man. He might be all of the things that his friends and his co-workers said he is during Marshall’s swearing-in ceremony as Alabama’s new Attorney General. He might be. But right now, most of the State and half of the big-time players around … Continued
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February 13, 2017
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Alabama Legislature Week 1: Strange from the jump

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter It was a nice, quiet opening week in the Alabama Legislature. Ha. Just kidding. It was mass chaos, like usual, and right out of the gate. From the governor’s mistress weeping from her balcony seat over words she (likely) wrote, to arguments over Civil War monuments, to an only-in-Alabama … Continued
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February 10, 2017