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Governor Bentley Announces $21 Million for Gulf Restoration Projects in Alabama

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, November 10, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) announced that the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) has approved more than $21 million for five Alabama projects that address high priority conservation needs to restore some of Alabama’s natural resources affected by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil … Continued
November 12, 2015

Representative David Standridge, House Rural Caucus Chairman, Comments on ADECA Surplus Property Division in Eva

Staff Report Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Recently, Jim Byard, Jr., Director of the Alabama Department of Economic and Community affairs announced that ADECA’s Surplus Property Division would be consolidated into a single location in Montgomery. Such an action would have caused the closing of a surplus property location in rural Eva, Alabama. Last week, Director Byard … Continued
November 10, 2015

In “Hail Mary” Hubbard Subpoenas Governor

 By Bill BrittAlabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—In what is being described as both a fit of desperation and a Hail-Mary pass, Speaker Mike Hubbard, (R-Auburn) has filed subpoenas for Governor Robert Bentley (R), Acting Attorney General W. Van Davis and the Custodian of Records for the Ethics Commission, according to a filing by the Attorney General’s … Continued
March 31, 2015

Hubbard Cries Prosecutorial Misconduct

By Bill BrittAlabama Politcal Reporter MONTGOMERY—Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard (R-Auburn) once again uses complaints from a disgraced Deputy Attorney General to justify dismissal of the felony charges against him. In his court filing on Monday, Hubbard’s attorney, J. Mark White rehashes a series of complaints filed by former Deputy Attorney General Henry “Sonny” … Continued
March 31, 2015

Hubbard’s Attorneys Ask State To Identify Witnesses Mental Health, Drug Abuse and More

By Bill BrittAlabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard’s defense team is on a fishing expedition to find addicts, mental patients, criminals and anyone receiving payola. Hubbard, who is charged by the State with 23 counts of public corruption, is preparing his defense by asking the State to supply his legal team with … Continued
November 13, 2014

Ethics Director Denies Complaint Against Hubbard

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—In a June, 2014 interview with Inside Alabama Politics, James L. (Jim) Sumner, Jr.,  the Director of the Alabama Ethics Commission, stated that his office had never received an ethics complaint concerning Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard, R-Auburn. However, an ethics complaint against Hubbard was filed with the … Continued
September 29, 2014

The National Coalition of Leaders Fight to Save Section Five

Staff Report State Senator Hank Sanders, Chair of the National Coalition of Leaders to save Section Five, Dr. Joe Reed, Chairman of the Alabama Democratic Conference (ADC), Mayor Johnny Ford of Tuskegee, and other black State leaders, will convene a press conference at 9:00 a.m. Thursday, April 4th, in front of the U.S. Federal Courthouse … Continued
April 4, 2013