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Alabama Leadership Has Become A Reverse Robin Hood

By Minority Leader Rep. Craig Ford State leaders in Montgomery have become Robin Hoods—just not the kind that everyone remembers hearing about as a child. Instead of taking from the rich to help the poor, we’ve started taking from the poor to give to criminals. Alabama’s leadership has become nothing more than Robin Hood in … Continued
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May 13, 2016

Bentley Threatens to Veto Education Budget

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) publicly announced that if the legislature passes an Education Trust Fund (ETF) budget that does not raise the pay of Alabama teachers then he will veto that budget. Governor Bentley said, “The Education Budget I presented is good and balanced. I’m asking … Continued
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March 7, 2014

PEEHIP Faces Massive Shortfall

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) of 2010, popularly referred to as “Obamacare” is changing much of what we know about the health care insurance industry and there are both winners and losers with the landmark health insurance reform legislation.  One of the losers is the State … Continued
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January 1, 2014

Education Legislation Coming Up This Week

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Time is running out on the 2013 legislative session and several bills affecting education employees are on the calendar for the closing days of this session. The Alabama Education Association (AEA) addressed some of these issues in the Monday’s ‘Alabama School Journal.’ The biggest of these is of course … Continued
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April 30, 2013
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TRS must be transparent and focus on its primary functions

By Dr. Henry Mabry The truth will set you free. It would be preferable for me to never, ever have to endure spending the time and experience the headaches associated with the Teacher Retirement System and our health insurance program, PEEHIP.  The people at TRS would never hear a peep from me if: 1) AEA … Continued
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January 23, 2013

Bill Allowing PEEHIP to Negotiate Drug Prices Passes Senate

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY–The Alabama Senate has passed SB571 which will help the Teachers’ Insurance Fund save hundreds of millions in prescription drug costs. Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh said, “I’m pleased that we were able to catch this discrepancy in the law while we were in session, this situation is … Continued
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May 9, 2012

Alabama House Members Calling for Review of RSA Performance

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama House member Jim Patterson (R) from Meridianville is calling for an outside audit of Retirement Systems of Alabama investment performance. Rep. Patterson said, in an exclusive interview with the Alabama Political Reporter. “We are not getting good information.” Rep. Patterson said that during the last ten years Retirement … Continued
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December 18, 2011