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Judge Sends Youth Minister To Prison For Three Years for Elmore County Sex Crimes

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange said that convicted  Assembly of God Youth Minister John Astorga should go to prison, ”To ensure that he does not have the opportunity to continue to prey upon innocent children.”  Circuit Judge Ben Fuller agreed and sentenced John A. Astorga to 36 months on … Continued
August 8, 2012

AG STRANGE, DA VALESKA AND SHERIFF HUGHES ANNOUNCE SEARCH WARRANT SERVED AT CENTER STAGE ALABAMA IN HOUSTON COUNTY

Staff Report (MONTGOMERY)—Attorney General Luther Strange, Houston County District Attorney Doug Valeska and Houston County Sheriff Andy Hughes announced that a search warrant was served today at Center Stage Alabama in Houston County by law enforcement agents from the Attorney General’s Office, the Department of Public Safety and the Houston County Sheriff’s Office. This law … Continued
July 25, 2012

John Rogers Says Birmingham Board of Education has a Right to Fire Superintendent Witherspoon

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange filed a lawsuit against the Birmingham Board of Education (BOE) and its members. The lawsuit is seeking a court order instructing the Birmingham school board to adhere to the directives from Superintendent Dr. Tommie Bice and the State Board of Education.  AG … Continued
July 23, 2012

Kevin Turner Honored as “Rising Republican Star”

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Monday, Alabama’s Chief Deputy Attorney General, Kevin Turner was officially declared a “Rising Republican Star by the Alabama Republican Party. Turner was appointed Chief Deputy Attorney General of Alabama by Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange on January 1, 2012. As the Chief Deputy Attorney General, Mr. Turner serves as … Continued
July 11, 2012

AG Announces indictment for solicitation to have investigator and judges killed

Staff Report MONTGOMERY–Attorney General Luther Strange announced the indictment of a woman, already convicted for trying to have an individual murdered for financial gain, for additional charges that she tried to have a judge and investigator maimed or murdered.  Marie Billingsley, 59, has been served notice of her indictment at the Tutwiler Prison for Women … Continued
July 9, 2012

Groups ask AG to issue immigration law guidelines

Staff Report A coalition of groups seeking to overturn the state’s immigration law said Monday that Attorney General Luther Strange should issue new guidelines to law enforcement based on a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last week. In particular, representatives of the ACLU, Southern Poverty Law Center and National Immigration Law Center said they believed the … Continued
July 3, 2012

Regarding U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on Federal Health Care Law

Staff Report From the Office of Alabama Attorney General, Luther Strange MONTGOMERY — While I respect the Court’s decision, I strongly disagree with its ruling today.  The individual mandate was sold to the American people as a penalty when it was proposed, but is now ruled constitutional as a tax, the very thing the Obama … Continued
June 28, 2012

AG Strange: Supreme Court ruling on Obamacare will affect businesses

Staff Report DAPHNE, Alabama — Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange said Tuesday he thinks the U.S. Supreme Court will rule that the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, is unconstitutional. “I predict they are going to throw it out,“ Strange said at an Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce economic development luncheon. But, he said, … Continued
June 27, 2012

Supreme Court Sides With Obama Administration on Arizona Immigration Law

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The United States Supreme Court struck down three of the four provisions of Arizona’s anti-illegal immigration law, the Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act (SB 1070).  The Supreme Court ruled that state and local law enforcement can ask to see someone’s documents, however the Court rejected three … Continued
June 25, 2012