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State Auditor Claims He Is Being Punished for Outspoken Conservatism

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, September 11, the Alabama House of Representatives passed a budget which raises taxes in order to continue to feed the troubled Medicaid program and avoid the specter of a federal takeover of the long neglected Alabama Corrections System. Most other General Fund agencies took modest cuts … Continued
September 14, 2015

Awesome success, at failure

By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter One truth we’ve learned about Alabama lawmakers in 2015 after a regular session and a special session to write a state General Fund Budget (SGF): They’re very successful. Successful. At failure. They couldn’t fail any better. After passing an unworkable SGF in the regular session that Gov. Robert Bentley … Continued
September 9, 2015

Marsh Urges Governor to Meet with Legislators

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh (R-Anniston), released a written statement regarding the conclusion of the Special Session, which ended with the House rejecting the Senate’s austere budget proposal. Sen. Marsh said, “In this Special Session, the Senate was able to use common sense conservative budgeting to find over … Continued
August 14, 2015

Bentley Believes He is Winning

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, August 12, following an incredibly unproductive legislative Special Session, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) spoke to the influential Rotary Club in Birmingham at the Harbert Center on 4th Avenue North.  Gov. Bentley told them that he is making progress in convincing legislators to pass his tax increase proposals. Bentley … Continued
August 13, 2015

Whole Budget Debate Has Been a Bizarre Exercise: Opinion

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Anybody who can read an Excel spreadsheet understood four years ago, that the State would have a $150 to $250 million shortfall in the General Fund in fiscal year 2017 when the $150 million a year trust fund raid money was finally all gone. This was all easily … Continued
August 11, 2015

General Fund Budget Situation

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, August 7 both Houses of the Alabama legislature met briefly for uneventful sessions.  Despite the fact that this special session is rapidly drawing to a close neither House did anything over the weekend.  Monday the legislature will go into session but few have any hope that … Continued
August 10, 2015

House Cuts Medicaid by 23 Percent

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, August 5, the Republican controlled Alabama House of Representatives passed a controversial state General Fund (SGF) budget that if actually passed and implemented will have enormous impacts on both low income Alabama households and the Alabama healthcare industry. The four biggest payers of medical bills in the state … Continued
August 6, 2015

Marsh Says Massive Medicaid Cuts Unlikely to Pass Senate

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, August 5, the Alabama House of Representatives passed a State General Fund (SGF) budget that slashed the troubled State Medicaid program by a shocking 23 percent. State Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh (R-Anniston) told reporters before the House vote that he felt that it was very … Continued
August 6, 2015

Medicaid Becomes Political Football

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter House Republican leaders who wanted to raise taxes, including Ways & Means Chairman Steve Clouse and Speaker Mike Hubbard (R-Auburn). The leadership was forced to negotiate with the far right of their own caucus who want no tax increases of any kind, and the Bentley administration, who wanted … Continued
August 5, 2015