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How to protect students becomes issue in lieutenant governor’s race

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Public Service Commission President Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh proposed her own plan to arm school personnel that differs from a plan to arm teachers being promoted by her opponent in the lieutenant governor’s race, State Representative Will Ainsworth, R-Guntersville. “I find it shameful when people, on both sides of the … Continued

February 20, 2018

Morrow Files Ethics Complaint Against Rebekah Caldwell Mason

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—An ethics complaint has been filed against Gov. Robert Bentley’s former senior advisor, Rebekah Caldwell Mason, by State Representative Johnny Mack Morrow (D-Red Bay), stating she improperly influenced legislative actions. Morrow says this animosity Mason has shown towards him began 25 years ago when, as a student in his … Continued

April 6, 2016

Morrow’s Efforts to Improve School Security in Franklin County Stalled in Senate

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, December 14, 2012, a 19 year old with no friends, no assistance, no formal military or police training, and few if any skills at anything other than first person shooter video games, shot his way through a locked glass door in the Sandy Hook Elementary School in … Continued

April 26, 2013

Updated: Bentley Vetoes Franklin County School Safety Bill

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) vetoed a bill that would have authorized the Sheriff of Franklin County to authorize and train a force of volunteers to defend Franklin County Schools against an armed intruder scenario like what happened at Shady Hook Elementary School in Newtown Connecticut in … Continued

March 7, 2013