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Ford: ‘This is the time to reissue lottery talkFord: ‘This is the time to reissue lottery talk’Ford: ‘This is the time to reissue lottery talk’

Staff Report Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY — House Minority Leader Craig Ford said Tuesday he wants to restart a discussion about a state lottery as an answer to Alabama’s recurring budget problems. In the Democratic response to Republican Gov. Robert Bentley’s State of the State address to a joint legislative session, Ford said if Bentley … Continued

February 8, 2012

Gadsden Times: Bentley stirring things up

Staff Report Gov. Robert Bentley doesn’t seem to have any illusions about his proposal to combine Alabama’s General Fund and Education Trust Fund budgets into a unified state budget and let education money be spent for other purposes. Bentley pitched his plan, which would require legislators to pass and voters to approve a constitutional amendment, … Continued

January 13, 2012

Press Register: Governor must sell his budget changes

Staff Report GOV. ROBERT Bentley likes to talk about how he “connects” with the people of Alabama and how that connection won him the governor’s seat. This year, he’s going to need all the voter connections he can make if he hopes to head off a budget catastrophe in fiscal 2013. To ease what may … Continued

January 12, 2012