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Is the Business Council getting out of the education picture?

As we reported back in July, longtime head of the Business Council of Alabama, Billy Canary, was ousted from his position after months of high stakes politicking by some of Alabama major companies. His replacement will be Katie Britt, who is presently chief of staff for Senator Richard Shelby. As explained in this article by … Continued
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November 30, 2018
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Protecting a Gulf Coast tradition

Down here on the Gulf Coast, fishing is a way of life for many people.  It is a tradition that spans generations and is one way we bond with our family and friends. In fact, some of my fondest memories happened while casting a reel.  I remember my father showing me how to bait a … Continued
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June 11, 2018

Senate support for Poarch Creek legal fix in jeopardy

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, the Poarch Band of Creek Indians celebrated a short victory when the U.S. House of Representatives approved a Land Reaffirmation Act that addresses a legal technicality that potentially jeopardized the tribe’s reservation status. However, over the weekend, the Alabama Political Reporter confirmed that Alabama’s Republican Senior U.S. … Continued
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January 23, 2018
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“They May as Well Move the Capitol to Tuscaloosa”

By Steve Flowers Inside the Statehouse Awhile back, during Dr. Robert Bentley’s tenure as governor, I wrote a column entitled, “They May as Well Move the Capitol to Tuscaloosa.” Never before in Alabama history has a city had a sitting governor and the state’s senior U.S. Senator hail from that particular place. Even with the … Continued
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January 18, 2018

Richard Shelby Wins Primary Fight

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, March 1, US Senator Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) steamrolled a crowded list of GOP challengers to take the Alabama Republican Party nomination for US Senate. The Associated Press called the outcome at 9:30 p.m., but that had more to do with problems with the Secretary of State’s website … Continued
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March 2, 2016
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Richard Shelby: Curing the Disease by Killing the Economy

By Ron Crumpton Democratic Candidate for United States Senate In a recent op-ed on Dodd-Frank by my opponent Senator Richard Shelby, he promotes the idea that intrusive regulations that were put in place in by a congress bent on politicizing the Wall Street crisis as means of placing arbitrary one size fits all regulations on … Continued
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December 11, 2015

Crumpton Says that Nana Has Electability Problems

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, November 6 Ron Crumpton, 47, qualified to run for U.S. Senate against incumbent Senator Richard Shelby (R); but first Crumpton must win the Democratic Primary against Charles Nana.  In a statement on Friday, Crumpton said that Nana, a Black immigrant from Cameroon, has electability problems in this … Continued
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November 11, 2015

Crumpton Campaign Close to Goal

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Monday, November 2 Ron Crumpton announced that he is close to having raised enough money to pay the Alabama Democratic Party qualifying fee for the office of U.S. Senator.  Beating a 30 year incumbent is daunting enough but doing it without some help from your friends and donors … Continued
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November 3, 2015

Shelby Addresses Young Republicans

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Thursday, August 20, US Senator Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) was at The Club in Birmingham, to speak to the Greater Birmingham Young Republicans at their annual summer luncheon. Shelby began by praising Alabama Republican Party Chairman Terry Lathan: “She is determined to make the Republican Party Stronger, and more … Continued
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August 24, 2015