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Bill Prevents Transfers of State Park Funds to Other Agencies

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter   On Tuesday, March 22, the Alabama Senate passed SB260, which is a constitutional amendment to protect the Alabama State Parks funding from future budget battles.  Over the last several years, millions of dollars of parks funding has been transferred to prop up Alabama’s struggling Corrections System and state … Continued
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March 24, 2016

Lots of Hot Button Issues in Committees Today

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter A lot of red meat political issues are appearing in committees in the State legislature on Wednesday, April 8. The legislature is going to be considering a number of issues including: loaded guns in automobiles without concealed carry permits, the repeal of common core, offering off campus religion classes … Continued
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April 8, 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

Lawmakers Addresses Pro-Life Rally

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Over 130 Pro-Life activists rallied in front of the Alabama State House on Tuesday with numerous state legislators making appearances. The Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard (R) from Auburn addressed the group.  Speaker Hubbard said to the group and then on Facebook, “As long as liberal Supreme Court … Continued
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February 26, 2014

Alabama House Passes Bill to Increase Hazardous Waste Jobs

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, the Alabama House of Representatives voted to decrease the tax levied on hazardous waste that is disposed of in Alabama.  House Bill 181 would cut the fee to just $11 a ton (from over $20).  The bill’s sponsor, state Representative A. J. McCampbell (D) from Greene County … Continued
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March 21, 2013

Pro-Life Movement Rallys Their Forces in Montgomery

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, the Alabama Citizens for Life, the Knights of Columbus, the Knights of St. Peter Claver, Fayette Pro-Life, the Christian Coalition, Tuscaloosa Pro-Life, St. Clair Save a Life, and other pro-Life groups from all over the state rallied in front of the Capital for the 2013 Pro-Life Legislative … Continued
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March 6, 2013

Religious Liberty Bill Passes House

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, the Alabama House of Representatives passed the Religious Liberty Act, HB 108. The bill promises to protecting the freedom of conscience rights of small Alabama employers from paying for federally mandated contraception coverage in their insurance plans when doing so would violate their religious conscience. The bill … Continued
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February 20, 2013