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House and Senate Have Busy Committee Schedules

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, April 15, is promising to be another busy day of committee meetings in the Alabama Legislature. The House Education Policy Committee will hold a Public Hearing on SB191.  SB191 would establish a new Board to oversee Postsecondary Education.  The bill would transfer responsibility over two-year institutions of higher … Continued
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April 15, 2015

Public Hearing on Bill for Article V Convention

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, April 15, the House Constitution Campaigns & Elections Committee will hold a public hearing on House Bill 379, sponsored by State Representative Ed Henry (R-Hartselle). HB 379, “As introduced would adopt the Compact for a Balanced Budget to facilitate the calling of an Article V constitutional convention … Continued
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April 15, 2015

Charter School Bill Expected on House Floor Wednesday

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, March 17, multiple sources are reporting that the Alabama House leadership is expected to bring the controversial Charter Schools bill to the House floor in the Wednesday session of the Alabama House which begins at 3:00 pm. On Tuesday, the Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives … Continued
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March 18, 2015

Bentley Releases Details On Controversial Tax Plan

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter In November, Governor Robert Bentley was reelected by the vast majority of the voters in Alabama easily outclassing his Democratic opponent. But was Gov. Bentley reelected because the people of Alabama trust him implicitly to lead them, or were they voting for his first term policies of rightsizing Alabama … Continued
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March 2, 2015
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The Good Germans said, “Ich Wusste Nicht Uber Es.”

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter In Matin Amis’s new novel, “The Zone of Interest,” the novelist explores the inner life of some the inhabitants of Auschwitz, in 1942, concentrating especially on the death camp workers. One of the narrators of the story is a middle-level German officer named Thomsen, who says of gassing Jewish … Continued
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November 4, 2014

Caucus Fealty Vote: Does Anyone Have The Numbers?

Bill BrittAlabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY— Currently, Republicans hold 66 seats in the Alabama House, with 37 Democrats, one vacancy and one independent. The November 6 Republican Caucus meeting is set in hopes of electing a new Speaker without input from House Democrats. Current Speaker Mike Hubbard, R-Auburn, who is under a Special Grand Jury indictment … Continued
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November 4, 2014

Hubbard’s Rally a Disgrace

  By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, in what can best be described as a theater of the absurd, a small number of Republican House members and one sitting U.S. Representative took to a cramped stage in Auburn, to denigrate the State’s justice system, while lauding Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard, a … Continued
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October 23, 2014

Ivey, Others Respond to Accountability Act Ruling

By Brandon MoseleyAlabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, May 28, Montgomery County Judge Gene Reese (D) in the 15th Circuit ruled that the controversial Alabama Accountability Act is unconstitutional.  Republicans were quick to announce their disappointment with the controversial ruling and their hope that Republican appeals court judges will overturn the ruling of the local Montgomery … Continued
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May 29, 2014

Thompson Praises House Passage of Bill Merging Auditor and Dept of Examiners of Public Accounts

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Adam Thompson, a Republican candidate for State Auditor, issued a statement applauding the passage of House Bill 350 by the Alabama House of Representatives on Thursday. HB350 is sponsored by Representative Ed Henry (R) from Hartselle.  If passed HB 350 will place the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts … Continued
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March 17, 2014