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We Are Not All Alike

By Terry Lathan Chairman, Alabama Republican Party   Remember that time the Republicans in the Alabama Legislature accomplished these reforms? • Saved $1 billion annually by slashing government employment, consolidating agencies and deleting duplicate services while also passing strong economic incentives • Implemented historic school choice and charter schools • Enacted a rolling reserve fund … Continued
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April 25, 2016

Jeb Bush Launches New PAC

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, January 6, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush launched a new political action committee (PAC), Right to Rise. While not formally declaring that he will be a candidate for the Republican nomination for President, the move allows him to raise money, measuring early support for a Jeb Bush … Continued
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January 7, 2015
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Alabama Progressives Plan Organizational Meeting in Mobile

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The last four years have not been good for Democrats in Alabama. Governor Robert Bentley’s election in 2010 has meant 11 straight years of Republican control of the Alabama Governor’s office. Democrats in the the Alabama Congressional delegation have decreased from three to just one, Rep. Terri Sewell from … Continued
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December 11, 2013

Congress Investigating AEA/NEA Fundraising for Political Action Committees

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has held hearing about possibly inappropriate fundraising efforts that the National Education Association (NEA) and its Alabama affiliate, the Alabama Education Association (AEA), have conducted to fund their political activities. Claire Waites is a teacher in Baldwin County that alleges that … Continued
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April 5, 2012

Teacher Testifies to Congress About Improper AEA Conduct

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On February 8th 2012 of this year, Baldwin County Teacher Claire Waites testified to the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform about alleged improper conduct by the Alabama Education Association (AEA) in their efforts to raise funds for Democratic Party aligned Political Action Committees.  Ms. Waites testimony … Continued
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April 5, 2012

Dues Check-off Lawsuit: AEA Says It Doesn’t Contribute to Campaigns, But Are Those the Facts?

By Grant Hallmark Alabama Political Reporter “They say they do not use collected funds to influence elections,” Derek Trotter, spokesperson for President Pro Tempore Del Marsh said of the Alabama Educators Association (AEA). “They have a Super PAC that spent $10 million in the 2010 election cycle,” Trotter continued, they are certainly influencing elections. During … Continued
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January 9, 2012

Birmingham News: Fortunately, a judge’s ruling last week does not gut the state’s ban on money transfers between political action committees

Staff Report The best part of U.S. Magistrate Judge John Ott’s ruling last week on Alabama’s ban on money transfers between political action committees is what it doesn’t do. It doesn’t gut the law, in spite of House Speaker Mike Hubbard’s overheated reaction. “Simply put, this ruling will make it easier for special-interest groups to … Continued
December 21, 2011

Alabama Democratic Conference Rejects Election Finance Transparency

Staff Report BIRMINGHAM, AL – The Alabama Democratic Conference will be able to continue to hide the true sources of their funding after a federal court’s ruling on a portion of the law banning PAC-to-PAC transfers, which passed along with a series of sweeping anti-corruption reforms immediately after Republicans gained majorities in the Alabama Legislature … Continued
December 16, 2011