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Legislators Skeptical of Bentley’s General Fund Lottery Proposal

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, July 27, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) released a videotape in which he announced plans for a Special Session to pass a lottery to be used as a new State General Fund (SGF) revenue stream. Gov. Bentley urged the people of Alabama to contact their State legislators and … Continued

July 28, 2016

Why The Lottery Must Go To Scholarships, And Won’t Save Medicaid Or The General Fund Budget

By Minority Leader Rep. Craig Ford Over the last year or so, the lottery has been getting more and more attention and support from state legislators. The lottery is extremely popular, getting over 60 percent favorable support in all the public opinion polls that I’ve seen. The debate these days isn’t so much over whether … Continued

July 27, 2016

Ford to Pre-File Lottery Bills

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Friday, July 25, 2016 House Minority Leader state Representative Craig Ford (D-Gadsden) has announced that he will pre-file a pair lottery bills next week in anticipation of the governor calling a special legislative session. Rep. Ford said he will also pre-file the bills for the 2017 Regular Legislative Session … Continued

July 26, 2016

Us or Them?

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter The government has a role in the lives of its citizens, but it should be a government of the people, by the people, for the people, as Abraham Lincoln memorialized at Gettysburg. Of the many lessons learned from Mike Hubbard’s time as Speaker, the failure of his strict mode of … Continued

July 25, 2016

Bentley Threatens to Call Special Session

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, July 19, the Montgomery Advertiser’s Brian Lyman reported that Alabama Governor Robert Bentley is planning a special session likely for August or September. Former State Representative Blaine Galliher (R-Rainbow City) referenced the reporting and wrote on Facebook: “Governor announces Special Session for Medicaid will be called late … Continued

July 20, 2016

Farley Says He Can’t Support McCutcheon for Speaker

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Thursday, July 14, State Representative Allen Farley (R-McCalla) spoke to the Greater Birmingham Young Republicans at their regular monthly meeting at Sidebar on Birmingham’s Southside. When asked about the Speaker of the House race to replace disgraced former Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard, Rep. Farley said, “I cannot … Continued

July 15, 2016

State Medicaid Officials Announce that Doctors Rates Could Drop Back to Pre-Obamacare Levels as Soon As August 1

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Doctors who take Medicaid patients could see what they are paid by the government to treat Alabama Medicaid patients drop as early as August 1 in a plan outlined by state Medicaid officials on Wednesday. The controversial Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (popularly referred to as … Continued

July 7, 2016

What Happened in Vegas Was Heard at Troy

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Just days after the Alabama Political Reporter published excepts from a speech given by Dr. George R. Crowley, Associate Professor of Economics and Associate Chair of Economics & Finance at Troy’s Johnson Center, the University’s Chancellor, Jack Hawkins, took action. Dr. Judson Edwards, Dean of the Sorrell College of … Continued

July 6, 2016

Who Will be the Next Speaker of the House? Will Bentley Call Medicaid Special Session? Lottery?

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Former State Representative Mike Hubbard (R-Auburn) has only been removed as the Speaker of the House for 20 days and the legislature doesn’t meet for a regular session for seven months, but already factions (both legislators and lobbyists) have been forming in a frenzy over who will be elected … Continued

July 1, 2016

It’s Pride – Not The People – That Gov. Bentley Knows

By Minority Leader Rep. Craig Ford One of the most famous scriptures in the Bible says, “Pride goeth before destruction, and haughtiness before a fall.” That scripture kept running through my mind this past week as Gov. Bentley repeatedly claimed that he knows the people of Alabama “better than anyone” and that they are not … Continued

June 24, 2016