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Ryan Meets with House Freedom Caucus

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter After House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s (R-California) Speaker of the House ambitions collapsed, US Representative Paul Ryan’s spokespersons said that the Republican Congressman from Wisconsin had no interest in the job. That position apparently changed when the House came back from recess.  Rep. Ryan has now said that he … Continued
October 27, 2015

Hammett Out of Governor’s Administration

By Brandon MoseleyAlabama Political Reporter Friday, October 2, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) announced changes to a new leadership team for the Governor’s Office, with the goal of continuing to serve the citizens of Alabama, by creating jobs and making State government more effective and efficient. Governor Bentley said in a statement, “Each member of our … Continued
October 5, 2015

Roby Says She Will Support Someone Who Can Boldly and Effectively Lead Congress

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Monday, September 28, Congresswoman Martha Roby (R-Montgomery) updated her constituents in an email on the search for the next Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. US Representative Roby wrote, “I’m sure you heard the news that Speaker John Boehner has decided to step down from … Continued
September 29, 2015

Boehner Bows to Pressure and Resigns

  By Brandon Moseley  Alabama Political Reporter Friday, September 28, the political world was rocked when the Speaker of the US House of Representative John Boehner (R-Ohio) announced that he had made the decision to resign from the both Speakership and his seat in the US House of Representatives. Speaker Boehner said in a news … Continued
September 28, 2015

Byrne Accuses Mobile Planned Parenthood Clinic of Breaking Alabama Law on Floor of House

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter In the debate surrounding HR3134, the Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015, US Representative Bradley Byrne said that the Mobile Planned Parenthood Clinic broke Alabama Law by failing to report to authorities that a 14 year old girl has received two abortions in a four month time period. … Continued
September 18, 2015

Roby Calls for Defunding Planned Parenthood

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter US Representative Martha Roby (R-Montgomery) said that no taxpayer should be forced to fund Planned Parenthood. Congresswoman Roby said in an email to constituents, “I have fought alongside other pro-life colleagues for years to prohibit federal funding from going to organizations that perform abortions, including Planned Parenthood.” Rep. Robty … Continued
September 18, 2015

HRC Demands Governor, General Strange Remove Obstacles to Marriage Equality Immediately

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter  On Friday, June 26, the Supreme Court of the United States in a narrow 5-4 ruling voted to strike down all bans on homosexual marriage and require all 50 states to recognize same-sex marriages from other states.  Following the landmark ruling, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s … Continued
June 27, 2015

Mark White Says Hubbard is Innocent of All 23 Counts

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, June 24, a hearing was held in Judge Jacob Walker III’s court room in Opelika in the case of the State of Alabama versus Mike Hubbard.  The lead defense counsel for the Mike Hubbard defense team, J. Mark White addressed the press following the ~28 minute … Continued
June 25, 2015

House Passes Birmingham Waterworks Reform Bill

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, May 5, the Alabama House of Representatives passed legislation reforming the Birmingham Waterworks Board to more accurately represent the diversity of the waterworks customers. SB89 was very contentious after it passed the Alabama Senate. On Wednesday, April 29 the controversial legislation passed out of committee with a … Continued
May 6, 2015

Hubbard Says He is Confident There Won’t Be Special Elections

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Thursday, April 16, the Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives Mike Hubbard (R-Auburn) addressed reporters about the budgets and the 2015 Legislative Session. In that conversation the subject of the possibility of court ordered redistricting and new legislative elections came up. Hubbard said that he was absolutely confident … Continued
April 17, 2015