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Republicans in Montgomery Take One Last Jab at Public Education

By House Minority Leader Craig Ford For the past three years, the Alabama legislature under the leadership of the Republican Supermajority has waged a war on public education in Alabama. It started with cutting educators’ take-home pay. Next, the Republicans “dropped the DROP program” (though they waited until they could get their payout from it … Continued
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May 14, 2013

Date Set for Oral Arguments Challenging Alabama Redistricting

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter ‘The Alabama Political Reporter’ has learned from our sources that the three judge panel that is hearing the legal challenges against Alabama’s legislative redistricting has set a date of Thursday May 16 for oral arguments for both sides. The panel has combined both the Newton and Alabama Black Legislative … Continued
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May 7, 2013

Common Core Repeal Effort Dead in Senate

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama Senate President Pro Tempore Del Marsh (R) from Anniston defied the Republican National Committee, the Alabama Republican Executive Committee, Alabama Republican Party Chairman Bill Armistead, the Alabama Federation of Republican Women and tea party groups throughout Alabama when he announced that the Senate would not address the Common … Continued
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April 24, 2013

Common Core Repeal Passes out of Senate Committee

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, the Alabama Senate Education Policy Committee passed Senate Bill 403 to repeal the controversial Common Core Standards that Alabama and 43 other states have adopted at the urging of President Barack H. Obama.  The effort to overturn Common Core was spearheaded by Senator Dick Brewbaker (R) from … Continued
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April 18, 2013

Armistead Analyzes GOP 2012 National Failure

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter This time last year the 2012 Presidential election appeared to be trending toward Republicans.  Unemployment had been north of 8% for just about all of Obama’s presidency.  Few Americans can remember a weaker economic recovery, the national debt was spiraling out of control, the President’s personal popularity was high … Continued
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March 26, 2013
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Editorial: Where is the Democrat’s Plan For Failing Schools?

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Let’s face facts: Alabama has some excellent schools, Alabama has some good schools, Alabama has a lot of average schools, and Alabama has some bad schools.  The bad schools are a drain on the state of Alabama because they churn out generation after generation of students who don’t finish … Continued
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March 19, 2013
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Editorial: Accountability Act Shows that Alabama Democrats Are Powerless

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter In 2010 the people of Alabama gave the Republican Party commanding majorities in both the Alabama House and the Senate. When the Republicans were in the minority, they had very little ability to move legislation through the legislature; but they were very capable of killing legislation that they did … Continued
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March 4, 2013

Alabamians United for Excellence in Education To Fight Common Core

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday afternoon, a joint public hearing by the House and Senate Education Policy Committees will be held on whether or not to overturn President Obama’s endorsed controversial new nationwide education standards, Common Core. Two identical bills SB190 and HB254, would repeal Common Core over the objections of the … Continued
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February 26, 2013

Medicare Fraud Reduction Act Passes House

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, another plank of the Alabama House Republican Caucus’s “We Dare Defend Our Rights” Agenda passed in the Alabama House of Representatives. The Medicaid Fraud Reduction Act of 2013, HB 110, was sponsored by Alabama State Representative Jim McClendon (R) from Springville. The ‘Alabama Political Reporter’ talked with … Continued
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February 22, 2013