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Gaston Will Not Be Candidate for Speaker of the House: McCutcheon Announces Candidacy

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, June 22, Acting House Speaker Victor Gaston (R-Mobile) announced in a statement that he will not be a candidate for the Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives. Rep. Mac McCutcheon (R-Capshaw) announced late on Wednesday that he is running for Speaker of the House. Acting Speaker Gaston … Continued
June 23, 2016

Bill Poole Named Legislator of the Year by Alabama Association of Conservation Districts

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, June 22, 2016, State Representative Bill Poole (R-Tuscaloosa) was named the Alabama House Legislative Leader of the Year by the Alabama Association of Conservation Districts (AACD) at a recent award ceremony in Poole’s home district. Rep. Poole was received the recognition for his dedicated service, leadership, and assistance … Continued
June 23, 2016

Todd Promises Reforms if Elected Speaker

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Most of the Alabama members of the Alabama House of Representatives are straight, male, Republican men. But, that is not deterring the only gay, female, Democrat from declaring her candidacy to be the next Speaker of the House. Not only has State Representative Patricia Todd (D-Birmingham) publicly announced her … Continued
June 22, 2016

Primary to Replace Hubbard will be on September 13

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, June 19, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) released a proclamation announcing the timeline to fill Mike Hubbard’s former seat in the Alabama House of Representatives. The disgraced former Speaker of the House represented House District 79, which covers Lee County. Also on Friday, Hubbard’s 2014 Republican Party … Continued
June 20, 2016

Lathan Comments on Hubbard Verdict

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama Republican Party Chairman, Terry Lathan, said the party did the right thing when it audited the books revealing possible improprieties by former ALGOP Chairman former Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard (R-Auburn). Chairman Lathan said, “With the announcement of Mike Hubbard’s guilty verdicts on twelve felony charges, the … Continued
June 14, 2016

Hubbard Sentencing is July 8

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Disgraced former Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard (R-Auburn) will return to the Judge Walker’s Courtroom on July 8 for sentencing. The former State legislator, former Chairman of the Alabama Republican Party and former co-host of the popular Pat Dye Show, is expected to bring several character witnesses, possibly … Continued
June 14, 2016

Hubbard Trial Day Nine: Testimony Indicates Hubbard Merged Speaker’s Office With Riley’s Lobbying Firm

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter OPELIKA—Emails entered into evidence during former Gov. Bob Riley’s testimony on day nine, was a matrix of deals that benefited both Riley and Hubbard. Lead Prosecutor, Matt Hart, in email after email revealed a disturbing pattern where Riley would ask something from Hubbard, receive it, and vice versa, in … Continued
June 7, 2016

Billy Canary: “I Love Mike Hubbard Like a Brother”

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, June 3, 2016, two of the most influential lobbyists in the State of Alabama both independently used the line: “I love Mike Hubbard like a brother” in their testimony as to why they went out of their way to help the Speaker of the House. Within an … Continued
June 6, 2016

Hubbard Trial Day Seven: Only The Jury Knows

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter OPELIKA—On Day seven of the Speaker Mike Hubbard criminal public corruption trail, we heard testimony from Bobby Abrams, Rob Burton, and Jimmy Rane. Abrams, who owns the company Capitol Cups, paid Hubbard $10,000 a month ostensibly to sell cups. Abrams admitted that if Hubbard had secured the letter for … Continued
June 3, 2016

Brewbaker Sponsor’s Historic Innocence Commission

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—State Sen. Dick Brewbaker (R-Montgomery) has introduced a bipartisan-sponsored bill that would create an Innocence Inquiry Commission. In 2002, North Carolina was the first state to establish an Innocence Commission to rehear cases where the accused and their advocates claim wrongful conviction. North Carolina created its commission after several … Continued
February 18, 2016