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Alabama government: It’s not about you

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter It’s probably worth remembering that Alabama’s Legislators work for you. The men and women who roam the halls of the State House, crafting legislation (or, more likely, copying it verbatim from some lobbyist) and running Alabama are representatives of us. All of us. That means they’re supposed to be … Continued
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May 23, 2017
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Daily Fantasy Sports: Way more skill than I have time to master

By Dr. Andrew C. Billings As the State of Alabama considers a law addressing Fantasy Sports, the topic frequently arises in my conversations with friends and colleagues. Given my decades of research in sports media, my love of everything Packers to Reds to Crimson Tide, and my long-held dedication to playing traditional Fantasy Sports, people … Continued
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May 9, 2017

Legislature returns today

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, April 4, 2017, the Alabama Legislature returns after a two week spring break. The legislature has a number of issue to deal with. The first of these is the budgets. The Senate was debating the education trust fund (ETF) budget on the last day. Now it moves to … Continued
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April 4, 2017

Democrats announce 2017 Legislative Agenda

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Alabama House Democrats are badly outnumbered in the State House of Representatives; but that does not mean that they don’t have ideas they want to push forward. The group announced their 2017 agenda on a Thursday, March 9, 2017 press conference in the State House. New House Minority … Continued
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March 16, 2017
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Please don’t waste time on gambling legislation

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, February 7, 2017, the Alabama Legislature will return to Montgomery for the 2017 Legislative Session and will face dire funding issues for prisons, for the long-troubled Alabama Medicaid Agency, for mental health, for infrastructure, for State parks, and other General Fund programs. Polling shows that Alabamians are … Continued
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February 7, 2017

APR’s Top Stories of 2016

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter It is sometimes hard to find material for a top-stories-of-the-year piece. That is not the case for 2016. If anything, trimming this one down to just 10 – by way of carefully including a number of stories inside broad categories – was the trouble. It was no easy task, … Continued
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December 28, 2016

Sewell supports pardon for Siegelman

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Politcal Reporter US Representative Terri Sewell is calling on President Barack H. Obama to pardon former Governor Don Siegelman (D). Congresswoman Sewell said in a statement, “I am proud of President Obama’s historic record on clemency, which exemplifies our belief that our Nation is one of second chances. On Monday, President … Continued
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December 22, 2016

Bentley’s “Great Victory” Cause For Worry, Warning, Broken Promises

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Shortly after passage of legislation to raid BP settlement funds to cover Medicaid funding, Governor Robert Bentley, who has largely been absent from the process, praised it as a bipartisan “victory.” Obviously, the Governor failed to hear the Democrat’s pleading for more Medicaid funding and to expand its availability … Continued
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September 8, 2016
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State Senators Killed The Lottery. Will They Kill The BP Bill, Too?

By Minority Leader Rep Craig Ford The governor called the Alabama Legislature into a special legislative session this summer with two things in mind: pass a lottery and pass a spending plan for the BP oil spill settlement. So far, the Legislature hasn’t done too well with passing either of these bills. The lottery came … Continued
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September 2, 2016