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State Rep. Kerry Rich: “We are not going to be in proration”

Amid a growing economic collapse due to the forced economic shutdown to deal with the coronavirus crisis, the Alabama House of Representatives met to pass the state’s Education Trust Fund budget Thursday. State Rep. Kerry Rich, R-Albertville, addressed the fear that the economic crisis could negatively impact Alabama’s schools. “We are not going to be … Continued

Brandon Moseley

May 9, 2020

House passes general fund budget, 2 percent state employee pay increase

The Alabama House of Representatives passed the state general fund budget, HB152, on Tuesday. HB152 is sponsored by House Ways and Means Chairman Steve Clouse, R-Ozark. HB152 passed 103 to 0. The House also passed HB166, sponsored by the late Rep. Dimitri Polizos, R-Montgomery, to give state employees a 2 percent cost of living allowance. … Continued

Brandon Moseley

April 10, 2019

House reconsiders taxing Forever Wild but amendment fails again

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Alabama House of Representatives voted down a proposed constitutional amendment charging the Forever Wild program with payments in lieu of property tax payments. On Thursday, the House voted to re-consider the controversial resolution that would cost the state lands programs over $230,000 a year. For the second time … Continued

Brandon Moseley

March 5, 2018

House rejects changes to Forever Wild

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Alabama House of Representatives voted to reject a constitutional amendment that would have made the Forever Wild program reimburse state, county, and municipal coffers for the loss of property tax revenue on the land that Forever Wild has purchased and taken off of the tax rolls. House bill … Continued

Brandon Moseley

February 28, 2018

Ainsworth files legislation to train, arm school teachers

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, state Rep. Will Ainsworth, R-Guntersville, introduced legislation to allow trained and certified teachers and school administrators to carry guns in school as the last line of defense against the growing school shooters problem. “As a parent of three kids that attend this school I think I can share … Continued

Brandon Moseley

February 21, 2018

House votes to lower age of majority to 18

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Thursday, February 23, 2017. When does a child become an adult? That question can be answered in a lot of different ways but legally in Alabama (even though you can vote at 18) the legal answer to that since 1976 in Alabama has been 19. On Thursday, the Alabama … Continued

Brandon Moseley

February 24, 2017

Alabama leaders respond to Supreme Court Decision on the Voting Rights Act

By Beth Clayton Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY–Today the Supreme Court announced a 5-4 decision in Shelby County v. Holder, the case which challenged section five of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Under section five, states with a history of discrimination in voting rights must have changes to election plans pre-cleared by the US Justice Department … Continued

Beth Clayton

June 26, 2013

Alabama Leaders Comment on Passing of Margaret Thatcher

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Early on Monday Morning, famed British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher passed away due to a stroke. Thatcher came to power at a time when the British Empire had unraveled, socialist experiments meant that the British government owned dozens of failing heavy industries, the USSR and its Warsaw Pact allies … Continued

Brandon Moseley

April 9, 2013

Storming the Statehouse: The Game of Quid Pro Quo

By Bill BrittAlabama Political Reporter Quid pro quo, Latin for “this for that,” is better understood as I give you something and you give me something. This “something for something” appears to be a key strategy used by the man who led the GOP takeover of the Alabama Statehouse in 2010. By following the … Continued

Bill Britt

November 25, 2012