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Senate Debates Building Giant Pork Barrel Project On Gulf

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Everyone in Montgomery claims that the General Fund (SGF) is in a state of crisis. The Bentley Administration has even threatened to close up to twenty Alabama State Parks, unless the legislature takes hundreds of millions of more dollars from the people of Alabama. That has not stopped … Continued
June 1, 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
May 14, 2015

State Still in General Fund Budget Chaos

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter In February, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) announced that the State faced a general fund budget shortfall and his answer to that would be to raise taxes. Gov. Bentley said then, “We have to face the problems and we have to do it with boldness. I am going to … Continued
April 29, 2015