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Stacy George has a plan to turn Alabama around

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Saturday, June 24, 2017, The Alabama Political Reporter (APR) spoke at length with Republican candidate for Governor, Stacy George. George is a former Morgan County Commissioner, a 2014 GOP Gubernatorial candidate, and works for the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC). APR: There is a possibility that the Congress may … Continued
June 27, 2017

An answer to API

Education Matters Larry Lee According to its website, The Alabama Policy Institute “is a non-profit, non-partisan research and education organization dedicated to influencing public policy…We do this by providing fact-based, objective analysis of key issues.” However, when you dissect the following op-ed written by Taylor Dawson about the recent defeat of an amendment to the Alabama … Continued
June 12, 2017

Terminally Ill Children’s Bill gets favorable report

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, May 10, 2017, the Alabama Senate Health Committee gave a favorable report to a bill, House Bill 373, which gives legally binding authority to a child’s advanced directive when not in the hospital. HB373 is sponsored by State Representative April Weaver (R-Alabaster) who chairs the House Health Committee. … Continued
May 12, 2017

Democrats announce 2017 Legislative Agenda

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Alabama House Democrats are badly outnumbered in the State House of Representatives; but that does not mean that they don’t have ideas they want to push forward. The group announced their 2017 agenda on a Thursday, March 9, 2017 press conference in the State House. New House Minority … Continued
March 16, 2017

House approves warrantless trespass bill for schools

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Thursday, March 2, 2017, the Alabama House of Representatives voted in favor of House Bill 71 authorizing school principals and college administrators to call Law Enforcement to have people arrested for refusing an order by a school administrator to leave a school campus. HB71 was sponsored by State Representative … Continued
March 6, 2017

Conservatives Rally Against Data Collection Bills

By Brandon Moseley The legislature has returned for another session and some GOP legislators are once again pushing a longitudinal data collection scheme. Once again the primary opponents of this grand scheme are fellow Republicans. On Thursday, February 23 Alabama Eagle Forum led a conservative rally in opposition to the longitudinal data bills, House Bill … Continued
February 24, 2017

Online Petition Demands Stop to Non-Educator Hiring

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—A growing number of individuals are banding together to stop the hiring of a non-educator, who has been chosen to lead Alabama schools. The online petition is a reaction to the August 11 decision, made by the Alabama Board of Education, to hire Michael Sentance, a former Massachusetts bureaucrat-turned … Continued
August 15, 2016

The Future of the Supreme Court at Stake

INSIDE THE STATEHOUSE by Steve Flowers As we have watched and participated in the presidential foray this entire year, an equally important event occurred. The death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in February is a very important event in American government. Scalia’s unexpected death at 79 could affect the ideological tilt of the … Continued
July 27, 2016

ESSA Committee Plans Tour Stops to Get Feedback from Alabama Citizens

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Monday, July 25, the Committee, which Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) has ordered to prepare the state’s plan to comply with the Every Student Succeed Act (ESSA), has announced a series of eight tour stops to engage parents, teachers, students and members of the public as the committee prepares … Continued
July 26, 2016

Bentley Extends Deadline for ESSA Plan

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, July 19, 2016 Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) amended his Executive Order Number 16 so that the Committee preparing the state’s plan to implement the controversial Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) would have more time to prepare their report. Gov. Bentley said in the new order, “By virtue … Continued
July 21, 2016