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Hubbard Received Almost $100K To Pass Bill

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Series: Emails on Hubbard’s Road to Perdition, Article 2 The emails below were released by the State on February 2015, in response to Hubbard’s demand for a more defined statement of facts concerning his indictments. MONTGOMERY—Emails and court records show Speaker Mike Hubbard (R-Auburn) sought to pass legislation to … Continued
February 29, 2016

Whole Budget Debate Has Been a Bizarre Exercise: Opinion

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Anybody who can read an Excel spreadsheet understood four years ago, that the State would have a $150 to $250 million shortfall in the General Fund in fiscal year 2017 when the $150 million a year trust fund raid money was finally all gone. This was all easily … Continued
August 11, 2015

House Cuts Medicaid by 23 Percent

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, August 5, the Republican controlled Alabama House of Representatives passed a controversial state General Fund (SGF) budget that if actually passed and implemented will have enormous impacts on both low income Alabama households and the Alabama healthcare industry. The four biggest payers of medical bills in the state … Continued
August 6, 2015

Clouse Promoting Tax Increases

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Monday, August 3, House Ways & Means General Fund Chairman, Steve Clouse (R-Ozark) told reporters that he, and other lawmakers, were introducing a package of tax increases, in order to close much of the shortfall in the troubled State General Fund budget. The Clouse plan is a much-less-reduced version … Continued
August 5, 2015

Legislature Passes Stolen Valor Law

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Thursday, April 16, the Alabama Legislature passed HB2, the Stolen Valor bill, sponsored by State Representative Steve Clouse (R-Ozark). The Alabama House of Representatives passed the bill early in the session.  On Thursday it also passed the Senate with some changes.  The House then voted 100 to 0 to … Continued
April 21, 2015

Hubbard’s Attorneys Ask State To Identify Witnesses Mental Health, Drug Abuse and More

By Bill BrittAlabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard’s defense team is on a fishing expedition to find addicts, mental patients, criminals and anyone receiving payola. Hubbard, who is charged by the State with 23 counts of public corruption, is preparing his defense by asking the State to supply his legal team with … Continued
November 13, 2014

House Passes General Fund Budget

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter In a Wednesday afternoon session, the Alabama House of Representatives passed the Fiscal Year 2015 General Fund budget, House Bill 235, which goes into place on October 1. Because of Alabama’s archaic budgeting practices, education has its own separate budget, with monies earmarked by the Alabama Constitution for both … Continued
February 28, 2014

Hubbard Announces New Committee Vice Chairmen

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Speaker of the Alabama House Mike Hubbard (R) from Auburn on Thursday announced a slate of new vice chairman and other committee appointments for the 2014 Regular Legislative Session. Speaker Hubbard said, “I am confident that this group of legislators will continue our successful efforts to fundamentally change … Continued
November 11, 2013