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Four days left in Legislative Session

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter There are four days left in the 2017 Legislative Session and this session has been made much clearer,.even though the week was dominated by a bizarre partisan filibuster where members of the House literally had to sit at their desks listening to a robot read for over 18 hours. … Continued
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May 15, 2017

Senate OKs Republican redistricting plan against wishes of black lawmakers

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY — Alabama Senate Republicans on Thursday passed a new legislative redistricting plan that will adjust more than 20 Senate districts. The plan passed against the wishes of black lawmakers who argued that it doesn’t fairly divide Jefferson County or fully alleviate racial gerrymandering concerns. The new legislative districts … Continued
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May 5, 2017

New Districting plans released

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Thursday, April 27, the Joint Committee on Redistricting released their proposed Alabama House and Senate Districts for the 2018 elections. The previous redistricting plan was approved by the Obama Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. Despite this the Alabama Legislative Black Caucus and the Alabama Democratic Conference sued the State … Continued
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April 28, 2017

More than 90 Legislative Districts could be redrawn as part of Reapportionment Plan

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY  — More than 90 Legislative Districts could be realigned under the Senate Republicans’ current Reapportionment Plan, according to the top Republican on the committee handling the changes. In an interview Thursday, Sen. Gerald Dial said as many as 66 Legislative House districts in Alabama and 25 Senate districts could … Continued
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April 21, 2017

Mac McCutcheon says budgets, redistricting, prisons are priorities for remainder of Session

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, April 18, 2017, Speaker of the House Mac McCutcheon (R-Monrovia) addressed the Alabama Federation of Young Republicans about his priorities for the remainder of the 2017 Legislative Session. Speaker McCutcheon said that for the rest of the session, “Our priorities are the budgets.” There are just a few … Continued
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April 19, 2017

Black Legislative Caucus Prepares Their Own Redistricting Plan

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, April 16, State Representative John Rogers (D-Birmingham) speaking on the floor of the Alabama House of Representatives predicted that there will be new special elections ordered by the federal courts during the Presidential elections in 2016. Rep. Rogers said, “The Presidential elections are when my people come … Continued
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April 20, 2015