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Bentley Senate Special Election case reset for April 12

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Sunday, March 19, 2017, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley will have to explain why he delayed the Special Election for US Senator until 2018, in a hearing set for April 12. State Auditor Jim Zeigler (R) said, “Under the illegal delay by Gov. Bentley, his anointed US Senator gets a … Continued
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March 20, 2017

Judge sets hearing on US Senate Special Election

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Montgomery County Circuit Judge J. R. Gaines on Tuesday set an injunction hearing arising from a lawsuit challenging the legality of Gov. Robert Bentley’s calling a Special Election to fill the US Senate for 2018, which will be nearly two years after it was vacated by Jeff Sessions who … Continued
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March 15, 2017

Lawsuit filed over Bentley’s Senate Special Election date

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY — State Auditor Jim Zeigler and a Democrat from Conecuh County have filed a lawsuit seeking a mandatory injunction requiring Gov. Robert Bentley to reschedule the special election for the US Senate seat vacated by US Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Zeigler and Tommy Chapman, chair of the Conecuh County Democratic … Continued
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March 6, 2017

Governor renews immunity claims in former ALEA secretary’s lawsuit

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Gov. Robert Bentley last week reiterated claims that he, as a constitutional officer of the State of Alabama, has immunity from civil action, especially from the lawsuit filed last year by former Alabama Law Enforcement Secretary Spencer Collier. Collier filed a defamation and wrongful termination lawsuit last year after … Continued
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January 10, 2017

Court of the Judiciary finds Montgomery judge guilty of violating judicial ethics

Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—The Alabama Court of the Judiciary on Thursday found Montgomery Municipal Judge Les Hayes guilty on seven charges of violating the Canons of Judicial Ethics in connection to his use of a questionable private-probation company. The Court, the Judicial Inquiry Commission and Mr. Hayes’ attorneys reached a plea agreement on Jan. 5. … Continued
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January 6, 2017

Governor, Mason, dark-money group file to dismiss former security officer’s lawsuit

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Lawyers for Gov. Robert Bentley, his former top political aide Rebekah Mason and a pro-Bentley 501(c)(4) dark-money group called the Alabama Council for Excellent Government filed three separate motions on Wednesday to dismiss a lawsuit against them. Wendall Ray Lewis, the former Head of the Governor’s Security Detail and Chief … Continued
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December 29, 2016

Private probation company to pay settlement to three Alabamians

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Three Alabamians will receive a settlement from a private probation company after a lawsuit filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center in March. Judicial Correction Services, a company based in Georgia that functions as a private parole agency for municipal courts, will pay an undisclosed amount of money to three … Continued
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December 14, 2016

Prison mental health lawsuit moves forward as class action

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter A federal judge ruled Friday that a lawsuit filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center against the Alabama Department of Corrections can move forward as a class-action lawsuit. US District Judge Myron Thompson ruled that the case, which alleges that Alabama prisoners have been denied mental health care, can … Continued
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November 29, 2016