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Perry Hand, the chairman of Mobile-based Volkert Inc., is standing behind the Business Council of Alabama’s besieged CEO Billy Canary, while his company has seen a dramatic rise in state business that roughly coincides with his tenure on the association’s board. Could it be that Hand’s dogged support of Canary is tied to the engineering … Continued

By Larry Lee Education Matters Candidates for election in 2018 have now turned in their first monthly financial report to the Secretary of State.  This covers the month of June. These include the three announced Republican candidates for Lt. Governor–Will Ainsworth, Mary Scott Hunter and Rusty Glover.  The differences in the reports are astounding and do not … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, April 12, north Alabama voters went to the polls and Incumbent Jeff Newman (R) held on to his State school board seat with 62.1 percent of the votes cast to Bonner’s 37.1 percent. Turnout was terrible in District 7 where as of press time only 11,087 votes had … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, April 12, Republican voters go to the polls in State School Board District 1 and District 7 to decide who the Republican Party wants on the state school board. Very large sums of money are pouring into the campaigns of incumbents Matthew Brown and Jeffrey Newman: most … Continued

By Bill BrittAlabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Indicted lawmaker Rep. Barry Moore, R-Enterprise, is not only spending his campaign donations on his legal defense, he is also hiring “private-eyes” with other people’s money. Moore’s latest FCPA filing show that he raised $16,000, for the week ending October 10. All totaled, Moore had a beginning balance of $35,351.64. … Continued

By Bill BrittAlabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—New FCPA filings are out the week of May 16, and it looks like Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard, R-Auburn is having a good week. Thanks, to big business political action committees, lobbyists and the construction industry, Hubbard received $123,250.00 in political donations to his personal campaign committee. The biggest contributor by … Continued