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Alabama Residents’ Living Hell

By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter The Alabama Senate is back this week to continue debate on how to handle BP settlement money from the horrible oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, but no matter what happens, this special session is an absolute failure. The session was called by Gov. Robert Bentley mainly to … Continued
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September 7, 2016
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State Senators Killed The Lottery. Will They Kill The BP Bill, Too?

By Minority Leader Rep Craig Ford The governor called the Alabama Legislature into a special legislative session this summer with two things in mind: pass a lottery and pass a spending plan for the BP oil spill settlement. So far, the Legislature hasn’t done too well with passing either of these bills. The lottery came … Continued
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September 2, 2016
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Alabama Is In Leadership Limbo, And There Doesn’t Seem To Be A Way Out

By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter So, once again, a special session of the Alabama Legislature is a failure. Hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars down the drain. That should come as no surprise. Most Alabama legislative sessions are a failure, and have been for years. Heck, even former Alabama Speaker Mike Hubbard, a convicted … Continued
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August 31, 2016

Reaction to Senate’s Killing of Lottery Bill

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Thursday, August 25, as the debate in the Alabama House of Representatives raged on, about what their version of lottery bill SB3 should look like, and as more amendments were added, it became increasingly doubtful that the House and the Senate would be able to bridge the chasm between … Continued
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August 30, 2016

Bussman Says Lottery Was Flawed Process

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Saturday, August 27, State Senator Paul Bussman (R-Cullman) said that lottery bill SB3, which was killed by the Senate on Friday, “Was filled with problems.” Sen. Bussman wrote in a statement, “Yesterday the Senate failed to concur with the House version of the lottery bill, killing the bill for … Continued
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August 29, 2016

Today is the Great Lottery Showdown

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter This is like a Western with no gunplay. Today, two roughly evenly matched groups of Republican lawmakers are going to square off in the Alabama House of Representatives to decide the fate of Governor Robert Bentley’s (R) State General Fund lottery constitutional amendment, Senate Bill Three (SB3). SB3 was … Continued
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August 25, 2016

Has Bentley’s Political Intrigue with PCI Doomed Special Session?

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Concerns that Gov. Robert Bentley is planning to negotiate a State-Tribal Compact with the Poarch Band of Creek Indians (PCI), reached a boiling point in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, with the Governor’s bill taking a fatal blow. Several Black Caucus members are weary of Bentley’s tactics and … Continued
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August 24, 2016

Lottery Is Dead For November 8 Ballot and Foreseeable Future

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Alabama Senate debated the lottery for four days of this Special Session. On Tuesday, August 23, it took the Alabama House of Representatives just a few minutes to effectively kill the lottery, without ever even discussing it in a committee. Freshly energized lottery opponents used the tight timeline … Continued
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August 24, 2016

Some Republicans Claim Lottery Could Hurt Republican Candidates

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter A growing chorus of GOP insiders are urging the members of the House of Representatives to reject a controversial constitutional amendment, to vote on a lottery on the November 8, Presidential election ballot. They argue that a lottery vote will only bring a disproportionate number of Democrats to the … Continued
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August 23, 2016
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Debt Is The Real Reason For The Special Legislative Session

By Minority Leader Rep. Craig Ford The Alabama Legislature returned to Montgomery this week for what may end up being only the first of more special legislative sessions. The governor said the purpose for this legislative session was to vote on a lottery to fund Medicaid and other general fund proposals. While the lottery is … Continued
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August 19, 2016