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State sues Birmingham to protect Confederate monuments

By Brandon Moseley  Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, August 16, 2017, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) announced that his office has filed suit in Jefferson County Circuit Court against the City of Birmingham and Mayor William Bell for violating state law by constructing barriers to deliberately obscure the Confederate Veterans Monument in Linn Park. Attorney … Continued
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August 17, 2017

Hightower raises nearly $270,000 in July for Governor Campaign

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, August 2, 2017, State Senator Bill Hightower (R-Mobile) filed his campaign’s July 2017 Campaign Finance Report.  The report shows that Hightower raised $269,926 in direct contributions from donors in July.  The Senator ended the month with $467,752, spending only $12,923 in the month. Sen. Hightower said, “The financial … Continued
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August 3, 2017

Stacy George has a plan to turn Alabama around

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Saturday, June 24, 2017, The Alabama Political Reporter (APR) spoke at length with Republican candidate for Governor, Stacy George. George is a former Morgan County Commissioner, a 2014 GOP Gubernatorial candidate, and works for the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC). APR: There is a possibility that the Congress may … Continued
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June 27, 2017

Five Corrections workers arrested

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, May 30, 2017, the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) announced that a task force investigation had led to the arrest of five prison employees at Staton Correctional Facility in Elmore County for conspiracy to smuggle in contraband. Department of Corrections Commissioner Jeff Dunn said in a statement, “After … Continued
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May 31, 2017

Crumpton and Zeigler announce they will not run for Senate

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter A number of candidates have announced this week that are running in the Special Election for the US Senate seat. On Tuesday, May 16, a couple of high profile candidates announced that they will not be running. State Auditor Jim Zeigler (R) and 2016 Senatorial candidate Ron Crumpton (D) … Continued
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May 17, 2017

Stacy George opposes $845 million Prison Plan

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter GOP Gubernatorial candidate Stacy George has taken a stand against the prison construction plan that the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) is lobbying the Legislature to pass. George, who works as a prison guard for ADOC told The Alabama Political Reporter that the biggest problem facing the State’s prisons … Continued
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May 12, 2017

Carrington is running for Governor

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Monday May 8, 2017, Jefferson County Commissioner David Carrington (R) announced officially that he was running for Governor of Alabama. Carrington gathered with over 200 friends, family, community leaders, supporters, and Alabama’s political reporters, and journalists at Vulcan Park to officially announce that he was launching his campaign for … Continued
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May 9, 2017

Battle Announces Run for Governor

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Friday, April 27, 2017 Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle announced that he is running for the Republican nomination to be the next Governor of Alabama. WAFF reported that Mayor Battle told them, “We’ve told everybody that we’re gonna look end of April, first of May during that timeframe, making and … Continued
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May 1, 2017

Ivey has not ruled out running for Governor

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Thursday, February 13, 2017, new Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) addresses reporters for her first press conference as Alabama’s Governor. When pressed by reporters, Gov. Ivey would not commit to whether she would run for the office in 2018 or not. Ivey told reporters that she had months to … Continued
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April 17, 2017

Bentley faces his Judgement Day

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, April 5, 2017, was not the end of the Bentley Administration; but it likely was the beginning of the last chapter of the Bentley era in Alabama. Wednesday’s ruling by the Alabama Ethics Commission means that Alabama Governor Robert Bentley is much more likely to be ithe first … Continued
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April 6, 2017