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We don’t matter, because we don’t want to

I generally don’t make New Year’s resolutions. I have a few times, but not too often. The last New Year’s resolution I made was in 2012, about this time of the year, just before the world became 2013. I had just seen Les Miserables, the big-budget movie musical, and I loved it. I’ve seen the … Continued
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December 28, 2018
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Now, a Medicaid program built around families and communities

The elections of November 6th are over, and now, in Washington and in Montgomery legislators again take up the task of governing. As the leader of Alabama’s twenty-seven Republican state senators, my focus is on working with other lawmakers and Governor Kay Ivey to make state government more efficient and to keep job growth strong. … Continued
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December 12, 2018
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What nobody (and everybody) is talking about

When a politician doesn’t want to address an essential but thorny policy issue, they say, “Nobody’s talking about that.” Expanding health coverage to low-wage earners and passing a meaningful lottery are just a few of the things nobody’s talking about but are at the forefront of needful things that should be addressed by the State … Continued
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November 22, 2018
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Medicaid expansion to adults — why wait any longer?

I have lived and worked in rural Alabama as a pediatrician since 1980. I have participated in the expansion of Medicaid for children up to age 19. I am very proud to say that because of Medicaid and the Children’s health Insurance Program now only 2 percent of Alabama’s children are uninsured. Preventive care has increased … Continued
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October 30, 2018
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Maddox accuses Ivey and staff of having used private email accounts

Walt Maddox (D) accused Kay Ivey and members of her Lieutenant Governor’s staff of having used private email accounts. Maddox claimed that according to records currently housed in the state archives, then Lt. Governor Ivey and members of her staff were using private email accounts on a regular basis and, in some cases, using those … Continued
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October 23, 2018

Brooks warns of potential debilitating national insolvency after deficit jumps 17 percent

U.S. Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, issued a warning about the potential for a “Debilitating National Insolvency and bankruptcy that robs America of the prosperity and peace we have long enjoyed” following the release of the Treasury Department’s preliminary Fiscal Year 2018 deficit projection of $779 billion and the Comptroller General’s statement that America’s fiscal path is … Continued
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October 18, 2018

Maddox speaks in Birmingham

Tuesday, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Walter “Walt” Maddox (D) spoke to the Birmingham Kiwanis Club at the Harbert Center. Maddox is the Mayor of Tuscaloosa. “I was fortunate to get to play football at UAB,” Maddox said. “That opportunity gave me an education.” “The future of Alabama and the future of Birmingham are tied together,” Maddox … Continued
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October 10, 2018

Governor Ivey announces new Medicaid long-term care program

Monday, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) announced that the federal government has approved a new statewide care-management program to complement and enhance the state’s current system of long-term care services provided to approximately 23,000 Alabama Medicaid recipients. The Integrated Care Network (ICN) program was approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on … Continued
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October 2, 2018

Speaker: Only lottery proposal that could pass is traditional paper ticket lottery

Monday. Various news outlets released reports that Speaker of the House Mac McCutcheon (R – Monrovia) anticipates that the Alabama Legislature will likely deal with lottery legislation in the upcoming 2019 regular session. Later that day, Speaker McCutcheon released a statement clarifying his position, because some stories have taken the comments he originally made to … Continued
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September 26, 2018
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Walt Maddox has lost his mind

Walt Maddox is nuts. That’s the only explanation I have for what the man’s doing — going around the state and trying to engage voters on the issues. Holding press conferences talking about health care and offering plans for increasing Medicaid coverage. The guy’s got an infrastructure plan. He’s got an education plan. He’s got … Continued
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September 25, 2018