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Republican Super Majority Rolls on Education Budget

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Democratic members of the Alabama House of Representatives had planned to introduce several amendments to the House Education Trust Fund Budget. They even offered to substitute the House GOP Caucus budget, with the budget that Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) had sent to the legislature. Speaker of the House … Continued
March 20, 2014

House Passes Education Budget With Stagnant Teacher Pay

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, March 18, the Alabama House of Representatives addressed the fiscal year 2015 Education Budget which begins on October 1. The most controversial aspect of the Education Trust Fund (ETF) budget is that, if the Senate concurs, teacher and education employees will see no pay increase. The Alabama … Continued
March 19, 2014

House Minority Leader Craig Ford to Run For Re-Election

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, Representative Craig Ford (D) from Gadsden ended much speculation when he announced that he was seeking re-election to the Alabama House of Representatives. The Minority Leader in the Alabama House of Representatives said, “I enjoy serving the people of District 28, and I believe I can do … Continued
February 6, 2014

Ford Critical of Republicans 2014 Legislative Agenda

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday the Alabama House Republican Caucus held a press conference with hand picked members of the mainstream Alabama media to announce their agenda for the 2014 legislative session which begins on January 14. Alabama House Minority Craig Ford (D) from Gasden was critical of the announced “Common Sense … Continued
December 6, 2013

Alabama Legislature Passes Education Budget with 2 Percent Raise for Educators

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, the Republican controlled Alabama House of Representatives passed a state education trust fund budget which includes a 2% pay increase for all K-12 education employees. The House concurred with changes made by the Alabama Senate. The bill also provides education employees with a new liability insurance benefit. … Continued
May 10, 2013

Budgets Appear on Schedule

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The 2013 legislative session has just three days remaining. Neither the education trust fund budget nor the general fund budget are finished yet, but both appear to be on schedule for final votes this week, Alabama Lieutenant Governor Kay Ivey said in her weekly statement, “In my primary role … Continued
May 6, 2013

House Passes Gun Rights Amendment to Alabama Constitution

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter With just four days to go in the 2012 Alabama Legislative Session Alabama House Republicans passed the last plank in their “We Dare Defend our Rights” platform that the Caucus had promoted prior to the Session’s beginning. House Bill 8 would guarantee Alabama citizens a right to have guns … Continued
May 1, 2013

House Passes Accountability Act Fix

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Republican legislators who represent districts with the best public schools in the state demanded an Alabama Accountability Act with language guaranteeing that public school systems had the option of being able to deny transfers from neighboring poor performing schools. Their argument is that generally residents of those suburban systems … Continued
May 1, 2013

Senate Committee Potentially Cuts Teacher Raise

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) submitted a budget with a two and a half percent raise for teachers and other education employees.  The House Republicans substituted the Governor’s budget proposal with one of their own that cut that pay increase to just two percent.  On Wednesday, the Alabama Senate’s … Continued
April 25, 2013

House Passes Education Budget that Includes Education Pay Raises and Insurance

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter In a rare Wednesday night session, the Alabama House of Representatives passed the Republican education budget that just came out of committee on Tuesday.  Included in the budget was an across the board 2% pay raise for education employees, liability insurance for teachers, and tax credits for parents of … Continued
April 11, 2013