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McClendon announces he will run for re-election to State Senate

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Monday, August 28, 2017, State Senator Jim McClendon, R-Springville, announced that he will seek a second term in the Alabama Senate. McClendon was elected to the seat in 2014. Sen, McClendon represents Senate District 11, which covers portions of Shelby, St. Clair and Talladega counties. McClendon said in a … Continued

August 29, 2017

Bentley Announces Unemployment Dropped to 5.4 Percent

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Sunday, August 16, 2016, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) announced that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted August unemployment rate has fallen to just 5.4 percent. The lowest rate of Gov. Bentley’s time in office. That is down from July’s rate of 5.7 percent and below August 2015’s rate of 6.1 … Continued

September 20, 2016

Governor Bentley Announces Alabama’s July Unemployment Rate Drops to 5.7 percent

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Friday, August 19, 2016, according to the latest numbers from the US Department of Labor, Alabama’s unemployment rate is the lowest that it has been in eight years. Alabama Governor Robert Bentley announced that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted July unemployment rate is 5.7 percent. A big drop from June’s … Continued

August 23, 2016

Have Gun, Will Travel. Sadly.

By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter President Barack Obama, entering the final year of his presidency, likely knows the power he wields. It’s a power that keeps Alabama’s U.S. Sens. Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions red in the face. It’s a power that has Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley making claims against the president that are … Continued

January 6, 2016

What to Watch in 2016

By Congressman Bradley Byrne (AL-1) Last week, we took a look back at some of the highlights from 2015 like the important progress on the I-10 bridge and my efforts to improve health care for our nation’s veterans. This week, I want to look ahead to some of the things you should watch for in … Continued

January 4, 2016

Shelby and Sessions Demand Administration Submit Refugee Report

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, December 3, US Senators Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) and Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama) joined Congress members Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee) and Lamar Smith (R-Texas) in a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Burwell demanding that the agency submit a report on Refugee Resettlement which is ten months … Continued

December 4, 2015

Committee Gives Favorable Report to Open Meetings Act

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, March 12, the Senate Judiciary Committee gave a favorable report to the Open Meetings Act, S.B. 21. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Cam Ward (R-Alabaster) said that the Senate has worked tirelessly to craft legislation to replace Alabama’s old Sunshine Law after provisions of it were struck down … Continued

March 13, 2015

Shelby Critical Of Obama’s Lack Of Preparedness On Ebola

By Byron Shehee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Last week Senator Richard Shelby, Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, delivered comments on the U.S. Government’s response to the Ebola outbreak to the Appropriations Committee during a Full Committee Hearing. Shelby spoke specifically to President Obama’s lack of preparedness and his request of $6 Billion dollars to … Continued

November 18, 2014

First Female College President Judy Merritt has Died

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Sunday, October 19 Less than four months after Judy Merritt left the college she spent decades heading, Dr. Judy Merritt had died. In 1979 Governor Fob James (then a Democrat) appointed Dr. Judy Merritt as President of Jefferson State Community College located in Center Point, Alabama. She spent 35 … Continued

October 21, 2014

State’s Unemployment Rate Drops Back to 6.9 Percent

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Friday, September 19, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) announced that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted August unemployment rate is 6.9 percent, which is down from the July rate of 7.0 percent. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics lists 147,346 Alabama residents as officially unemployed which is down from 148,652 in … Continued

September 22, 2014