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Byrne Supports Honoring Voting Rights Marches

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, March 4, Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-Montrose) announced in a statement that a bipartisan resolution led by US Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) commemorating the 1965 voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. The resolution would call for the issuance of a … Continued
March 6, 2015

Senate Passes Gold Medal Bill for Voting Rights Marchers

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, Mar 3, 2015, US Representative Terri Sewell (D-Selma), who grew up in Selma, applauded the Senate’s unanimous passage of S517. The bipartisan bill Rep. Sewell introduced in the House awards a Congressional Gold Medal to the voting rights marchers who braved violence to march from Selma to Montgomery. Their courage … Continued
March 5, 2015

Alabama Legislative Session Starts On Tuesday

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, March 3, both Houses of the Alabama Legislature will return to Montgomery for the start of the 2015 legislative session. During the day there will be a number of events. At 9:30 am in the Joint Briefing Room (popularly called the Star Wars room) on the seventh … Continued
March 2, 2015

Sessions and Booker Introduce Bill to Give Congressional Gold Medal to Selma Marchers

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, February 13, Senators Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama) and Corey Booker (D-New Jersey) introduced a bill to give the Congressional Gold Medal to the voting rights marchers who 50 years ago faced tremendous abuse by state troopers (acting on the orders of Alabama Governor George C. Wallace) while attempting … Continued
February 17, 2015

Hundreds Rally for School Choice In Montgomery

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, January 27, hundreds of Alabama school children and their parents joined Alabama Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard (R-Auburn) in a rally in front of the state capital demanding that the state of Alabama offer more education choices to students such as charter schools and expanding the … Continued
January 29, 2015

Inauguration Monday

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Monday, January 19, most of Alabama’s statewide elected officials, including Governor Robert Bentley (R), will be inaugurated in Montgomery. The events begin with an Inaugural Prayer Service at River City Church on 301 Dexter Avenue at 7:30 am. The inaugural committee had announced that the prayer service was … Continued
January 17, 2015

Reed New Senate Majority Leader

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, January 14, the Alabama Senate met for the second day of its organizational session. In the previous quadrennium, Senator J.T. “Jabo” Waggoner Jr. served as the Alabama Senate’s Majority leader. In this quadrennium, Senator Greg Reed (R-Jasper) will be the new Majority Leader of the Senate. Senator … Continued
January 16, 2015

Judge Denies Seigelman Bond

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Former Alabama Governor Don Seigelman (D) got his day in court, but it did not go as well as he and his supporters had hoped. Federal Judge US District Judge Clay Land told the former Alabama Governor that he is unlikely to win his appeal in January, thus denied … Continued
December 19, 2014

McClurkin Running For ALGOP Chair

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Monday, December 15, Former State Representative Mary Sue McClurkin (R from Indian Springs) has announced that she is running to be the next Chair of the Alabama Republican Party. Current Chairman, former State Senator Bill Armistead, has announced that he is not seeking a third term leading the … Continued
December 16, 2014

Terry Lathan To Pursue ALGOP Chair

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Popular Alabama Republican Party Chairman Bill Armistead recently announced his intent not to seek another term running the Alabama GOP. Already one candidate has announced her intent to seek the office. In an email to Alabama Republican executive committee members Mobile County Republican Executive Committee Chair Terry Lathan announced … Continued
December 15, 2014