President

News

Armistead Critical of Hillary

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Republicans want control of the Senate, but they really want control of the White House when President Obama leaves office in early 2017. On the Democratic side, the frontrunner appears to be former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. In his Monday, August 18 column, Alabama Republican Party Chairman … Continued

August 20, 2014

Chris Christie Comes to Alabama to Aid Governor Bentley

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, August 13, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) will be joined by New Jersey Governor, Chris Christie (R) for a tour of the Southern Research Institute (SRI) in Birmingham. This will be followed by a fundraiser to assist Gov. Bentley in his re-election efforts. The New Jersey Republican … Continued

August 13, 2014

Dean and Wiggins Out at ASU

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, July 25 Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) removed Alabama State University (ASU) Board of Trustees member circuit Judge Marvin Wiggins (D) after Wiggins refused to resign for the good of the school. ASU BOT Chairman Elton Dean resigned at the governor’s request on Thursday, July 24. In … Continued

July 28, 2014

Governor Asks for ASU BOT Members Dean and Wiggins to Resign

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, July 22 Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) sent letters to both Alabama State University (ASU) Board of Trustees Chairman Elton Dean and Board of Trustees member Marvin Wiggins asking them to resign from their positions for the good of the school. In the letter to Dean, the … Continued

July 24, 2014

Attorney General’s Offices Takes over Investigation at ASU

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Montgomery Advertiser reported on Sunday, April 27 that the state Attorney General’s office will take over an investigation into allegations of improper use of state dollars at Alabama State University. The Montgomery Advertiser reported that Attorney General Luther Strange has recused himself from the investigation and has appointed … Continued

April 29, 2014

Knight Retires from Alabama State University

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, April 25th, longtime Alabama State University Executive Vice President and State Representative John Knight (D) from Montgomery has retired from the historically Black college in Montgomery. Representative Knight’s retirement is just four months after the Alabama State University Board of Trustees (BOT) chose ASU alum, Dr. Gwendolyn … Continued

April 25, 2014

Roby Announces Release of Report on Beghazi

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On September 11th, 2012 terrorists attacked the American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya killing our ambassador to Libya and three other Americans. In the aftermath of the attack, much of the investigation into that event was assigned to U.S. Representative Martha Roby’s House Armed Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation. … Continued

February 18, 2014

Alabama State University Selects Gwendolyn Boyd as New President

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, December 20 the Alabama State University Board of Trustees chose ASU alum, Dr. Gwendolyn Boyd to serve as its new president. Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) presided over the meeting at the historically Black college in Montgomery. Gov. Bentley said in a statement afterwards that, “I think … Continued

December 23, 2013

Shelby Responds to Obama’s Partisan Speech on the Economy

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, President Obama (D) delivered a nearly 70 minutes long, highly partisan speech on the economy where he, defended his record on economic issues; defended the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010; dismissed the IRS, Benghazi, and domestic spying scandals as “phony scandals”; and challenged Republicans … Continued

July 25, 2013

New Alabama Farmers Federation President Jimmy Parnell Meets with Sessions

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R) from Alabama had a meeting Tuesday with new Alabama Farmers Federation President Jimmy Parnell who is in Washington to meet with legislators and advocate for Alabama’s family farms. Sen. Jeff Sessions said in a written statement, “I enjoyed meeting with Jimmy Parnell on Tuesday … Continued

December 14, 2012