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America is about to become one big Alabama

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter What will America look like under Donald Trump? That seems to be the most pressing question on most people’s minds in the wake of Trump’s election last week. Just what sort of president will Trump be? What will America look like during and after his presidency? Let me help: … Continued
November 15, 2016

ASU’s Boyd avoids termination … for now

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter As Alabama State University president Gwendolyn Boyd walked out of a board meeting at which she argued to keep her job, she was smiling and positive. “I think it’s absolutely something we can work through,” Boyd told reporters. It’s not. Trustees set a Dec. 16 hearing to officially address … Continued
November 15, 2016

Sources: ASU trustees plan to terminate Boyd

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter The Alabama State University Board of Trustees are expected to terminate university president Gwendolyn Boyd at meeting Monday afternoon, several sources close to the board have told APR. The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said a majority of the board’s 14 trustees have become dissatisfied with the … Continued
November 14, 2016

Nixonian plots, half-wit schemes

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter The scheme to defame the State’s former top law enforcement officer, Spencer Collier, is very similar to the New Jersey “Bridgegate” trial that has seen two of Governor Chris Christies’s allies convicted of using state resources and personnel for political retribution. Now, an investigation by Senators Gerald Dial and … Continued
November 14, 2016

Political Deceit Laid Bare

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter The conversation in room 727 of the Alabama State House on Thursday afternoon had turned into something halfway between comedy and unchecked disbelief. Standing before a Senate committee chaired by Sens. Gerald Dial and Quinton Ross, Hugh Evans, the longtime General Counsel for Alabama’s Ethics Commission, was attempting to … Continued
November 11, 2016

Bentley, Lawmakers to Hash Out Troubled RCOs

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has called several lawmakers and other state officials to Montgomery for a Monday meeting on the status of the State’s troubled Regional Care Organizations. “I assume he wants to discuss how this thing (RCOs) might be held together, if it can be,” said Sen. Jim … Continued
November 10, 2016

Impeachment Proceedings Suspended Due To “Active Criminal Investigation”

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter The House Judiciary committee has suspended its impeachment hearings against Governor Robert Bentley after receiving a request from the State’s Attorney General’s office citing concerns that the hearings could jeopardize the AG’s criminal investigation into a separate criminal matter. SEE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S LETTER AG Luther Strange made his … Continued
November 4, 2016

One RCO Contract Could Cost State $28 Million

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter A consulting firm tasked with implementing Alabama’s new Medicaid managed-care system has been paid nearly $5 million more than the original contract amount and recently received a second one-year extension that could nearly triple the cost of the project. Navigant Consulting, a Chicago-based firm, agreed back in December 2013 … Continued
November 2, 2016