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The Legislature needs to pass the Lottery in the Special Session

Guest Editorial from Rep. Craig Ford The Alabama Legislature is quickly running out of excuses for failing to let the people vote on a State Lottery. Last summer, Gov. Bentley called a Special Session specifically for the purpose of passing a Lottery. After passing out of the State Senate, the Lottery went to the House … Continued
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June 8, 2017

Bentley’s Plan to Borrow $800 million for Prisons

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Monday, December 19, 2016 Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) told the ‘Montgomery Advertiser’s Bryan Lyman that he was considering having a special session within the 2017 regular session to force the legislature to consider his controversial plan to build new prisons on credit. Gov. Bentley told Lyman, “That … Continued
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December 22, 2016
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Prison bill could be defining moment

By House Minority Leader Craig Ford Prisons could be the issue that defines the Alabama Legislature in 2017. Gov. Bentley has said he may call a special session to address the issue, and has indicated that he will revive the prison construction bill he first proposed in his 2016 State of the State address. In … Continued
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December 7, 2016

Zeigler opposes $800 million no-bid contract to build prisons

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Politcal Reporter Thursday, November 17, 2016, Alabama State Auditor Jim Zeigler (R) said that he opposes Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley’s (R) plan to borrow $800 million or more to build new prisons in an anticipated January special session. Auditor Zeigler said, “Gov. Bentley is threatening a $400,000 special session to push … Continued
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November 21, 2016

Brutal Alabama inmate beat-down goes viral on hip hop site

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter On a Hip Hop site which regularly features public fighting captured on video, music videos, and aggregate news content, a fight between two Alabama prison inmates can be viewed. It has already been seen by almost a million users and counting. The 33-second video uploaded on November 12, 2016, … Continued
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November 14, 2016
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Bentley Doing The Right Thing

By Steve Flowers Folks, I have been observing and participating in the legislative process for over 50 years. Lest you think I am real old, I started paging in the legislature when I was 12, served in the House of Representatives close to two decades, and have been reporting on the legislative process for now … Continued
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September 21, 2016

Medicaid Announces Delay in RCO Implementation

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter Even after a lengthy Special Session dedicated to finding funds for Gov. Robert Bentley’s experimental Medicaid Regional Care Organizations, Alabama’s Medicaid Agency announced last week it has requested a delay in the implementation of the RCO plan. The Alabama Medicaid Agency officials, in a news release on their website, … Continued
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September 20, 2016
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Who Has the Moral Authority to Lead Ethics Reform?

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Even before former Speaker Mike Hubbard’s conviction on 12 counts of public corruption, due to criminal ethics violations, his minions were spinning a narrative that the laws, under which he was indicted, were hastily prepared and passed without question (merely a deceptive plan to cast doubt on his indictment). … Continued
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September 19, 2016