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House Passes Wireless Broadband School Technology Bill

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, February 23, the Alabama House of Representative voted to pass the Wireless Infrastructure Renovation for Education Act, which is more commonly known as the “WIRED Act” or the Alabama Ahead Act. The legislation would provide wireless broadband access in all of the state’s K-12 public schools. The … Continued
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February 25, 2016

Five State Parks to Close

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, September 30, as expected, the Alabama State Parks announced that several smaller unprofitable State parks will close permanently in a cost saving measure. On October 15, the Alabama State Parks System announced that five parks will be closed: Bladon Springs, Paul Grist, Chickasaw, Florala and Roland Cooper. … Continued
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October 1, 2015

Dial and Wilcox Craft Plan to Aid Parks

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, September 23, Alabama State Senator Gerald Dial (R-Lineville) and State Representative Margie Wilcox (R-Mobile) announced that they have a plan to generate up to $5 million additional dollars a year to help the cash strapped State parks. The duo announced that they plan to file legislation in … Continued
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September 24, 2015

American Cancer Society Critical of Legislature’s Paltry Tobacco Tax Increase

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On September 16, a Republican supermajority in both Houses of the Alabama Legislature voted to raise taxes. The legislature passed the state general fund (SGF) budget on Wednesday night while most people were watching the Republican Presidential Debate. Many conservatives are lamenting that majorities of GOP lawmakers broke campaign … Continued
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September 17, 2015

Takeaways from 2015 Legislative Session

By Brandon MoseleyAlabama Political Reporter The 2015 Legislative Session is all but over. The Alabama House of Representatives will come back on Thursday, June 11, to concur with a handful of bills the Senate passed. But, with the Senate adjourned, what they can actually accomplish is very limited, beyond the photo op.  This would be … Continued
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June 8, 2015

Austerity Budget Passes Out of Senate Committee

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, May 27, State of Alabama agency head after agency head paraded in front of the Senate Finance and Taxation Committee warning about how their agency will be impacted if they are forced to endure cuts to their budgets. The Senate Committee introduced a substitute version of HB135; … Continued
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May 28, 2015

General Fund Budget Goes To Senate Committee

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, May 26, Senate Finance and Taxation Committee Chairman Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) told members of the capital press corps, including the Alabama Political Reporter that the Senate Finance and Taxation Committee would take up the General Fund budget, House Bill 135, at their regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday … Continued
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May 27, 2015

Committee Rejects Plan to Raid Rolling Reserve

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, May 13, the Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee voted against a controversial plan to raid the rolling reserve fund to prop up the State’s troubled General Fund Budget. Alabama inexplicably has two budgets with different revenues earmarked for each. The Education Trust Fund (ETF) supports Alabama’s Colleges, … Continued
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May 14, 2015

Senate Bill Takes Aim at Tax Exempt Groups

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Politcal Reporter Wednesday, April 22, 2015, the Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee gave favorable report to a bill, SB256, which would require tax exempt groups to file a return on sales taxes they do not currently pay.  SB256 is sponsored by Senator Bill Holtzclaw (R-Madison). This version is a substitute … Continued
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April 23, 2015

Expanded Alabama Accountability Act Debated in Public Hearing

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The 2013 Alabama Accountability Act (AAA) which gave parents whose children are zoned to Alabama’s worst performing schools unprecedented choices in where they go to school was the most talked about (and litigated) legislation passed in the last two years.  The AAA gave the parents of students trapped in … Continued
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March 12, 2015