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The nation’s largest private sector business leadership organizations from 15 states released a public letter to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives calling for the COVID-19 fourth federal stimulus package to include substantial aid for state and local governments, as well as liability protection for employers. The full letter: Dear Speaker Pelosi, Leader McConnell, … Continued

Over 25  years ago, then-business mogul Donald Trump sued the federal government over what he believed was the unfair advantage it afforded Indian gaming over the private sector. The same battle is playing out in Alabama where Sen. Greg Albritton, R-Atmore, and Senate President Pro Tempore Del Marsh, R-Anniston, have filed a bill that guarantees … Continued

The Senate president pro tem’s chief of staff is leaving his role. Philip Bryan, who has served as President Pro Tem Del Marsh’s chief of staff since 2011, is resigning his role as Marsh’s top aide to pursue a private sector job. His resignation is effective Aug. 31. “Working under President Pro Tem Marsh and interacting … Continued

Gov. Kay Ivey’s communications director is leaving the Governor’s Office for a job in the private sector. Joshua Pendergrass, who has been Ivey’s communications director since shortly after she took office in April 2017, resigned his position in the Governor’s Office last week. “Serving the people of Alabama as part of the Ivey administration has … Continued

The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed S. 2372, the VA MISSION Act, taking another critical step towards fulfilling our promise to make the Department of Veterans Affairs work for the men and women who have selflessly served our great nation. I was proud to support the legislation, and I am very pleased that it … Continued

By Minority Leader Rep. Craig Ford Imagine you went for nine years without a pay raise. Now imagine that, during those nine years, your boss made you start paying more for your health insurance and retirement plan. Now imagine that your boss laid-off about one out of every five of your coworkers, forcing you to … Continued

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter The government has a role in the lives of its citizens, but it should be a government of the people, by the people, for the people, as Abraham Lincoln memorialized at Gettysburg. Of the many lessons learned from Mike Hubbard’s time as Speaker, the failure of his strict mode of … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter U.S. Representative Spencer Bachus (R) from Vestavia responded to comments from President Barack H. Obama that the American private sector economy was doing “just fine” under his administration. Rep. Bachus said in his new e-newsletter, “President Obama was wrong when he said our private sector is doing “just fine.” … Continued