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Strange Receives Praise for Fantasy Gaming Ban Decision

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, April 6, Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange (R) ordered FanDuel and DraftKings to close down their business in the state of Alabama by the end of the month. After reviewing recent case law and Alabama’s gambling statute, Strange determined that the business model of the popular fantasy … Continued
April 7, 2016

Senate Passes Bentley’s Prison Bill

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, April 5, the Alabama Senate passed Alabama Governor Robert Bentley’s (R) controversial plan to close sixteen prison and borrow $800 million to build four new prisons. Governor Bentley released a statement on the Senate Passage of his Great State 2019 initiative, the Alabama Prison Transformation Initiative Act. Governor … Continued
April 6, 2016

Strange Orders DraftKings and FanDuel to Stop Doing Business in Alabama

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday. April 5, Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange (R) announced that he has issued cease and desist letters to DraftKings and FanDuel ordering them to cease offering paid daily fantasy sports games in the state of Alabama. Strange said, “As Attorney General, it is my duty to uphold Alabama … Continued
April 6, 2016

Fantasy Contest Act Gets Controversial in House

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, March 3, the Alabama House of Representatives moved to carry over legislation legalizing, regulating, and taxing fantasy football. HB56 was sponsored by State Representative Connie C. Rowe (R-Jasper). A similar bill, SB 114 was sponsored in the Senate by Senator Paul Sanford (R-Huntsville). On Thursday, HB56 was … Continued
March 8, 2016

Fantasy Contest Act Gets Favorable Report from Senate Judiciary Committee

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, February 17, the state of Alabama moved one step closer to taxing fantasy football with a favorable report for Senate Bill 114 by the Senate Judiciary Committee. SB114 was sponsored by Senator Paul Sanford (R-Huntsville), though as he had another commitment the bill was carried in committee … Continued
February 18, 2016

State Leaders Respond to Obama’s Executive Gun Control Announcement

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, January 5, President Obama announced a series of executive orderes regarding the purchase of guns and additional funding for mental illness, while making it more difficult for Americans to sell guns unless they obtain a gun dealer’s license from the federal government. At the state level, many Alabama … Continued
January 6, 2016

We should name today “Taxmageddon 2015!”

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The modern Republican Party has been built on the principles of lowering taxes and fighting the growth and expansion of government in to all aspects of Americans lives. That said there are two camps within the GOP: the freedom wing that believes strongly in those principles and the establishment … Continued
September 11, 2015

Bussman Accuses Bentley of Making Threats

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Monday, August 31, State Senator Paul Bussman (R-Cullman) said that Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) is making more threats about what he and the Montgomery bureaucracy are threatening to close, if legislators don’t cave in to the Governor’s demands. The Governor wants another $300 million in taxes … Continued
September 1, 2015

Pittman Sponsors Bentley’s Beachfront Boondoggle

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Alabama State Legislature is back in session (albeit currently taking a long recess) to deal with the supposed State General Fund (SGF) “crisis” and…….burden taxpayers with another $50 million in long term debt to build an enormously expensive taxpayer subsidized hotel on a beach that already has … Continued
July 27, 2015

Sanford Pressured to Support Gulf State Park Project

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter There are only three legislative days left in the 2015 Legislative session, and the Montgomery power brokers are anxious to get their legislation passed. On Thursday, May 28, conservative state Senator Paul Sanford filibustered controversial legislation that would have obligated Alabama taxpayers to pay for an extravagant beachfront hotel … Continued
June 3, 2015