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Alabama State Trooper Association Lobby Legislators Not to Pass Austere Budget

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, May 20, the Alabama State Troopers Association (ASTA) announced in a statement that off-duty Alabama State Troopers visited the Alabama State House that morning to express their concerns about cuts to the state’s General Fund budget for FY2016. The President of the Alabama State Trooper Association Sargent … Continued
May 21, 2015

House Committee Blocks Holtzclaw Legislation to Roll Back Driver’s License Fee Increase

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, April 22, the Alabama House of Representatives Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee voted to block passage of Senate Bill 44 (SB44) sponsored by Sen. Bill Holtzclaw (R-Madison) which would have repealed a controversial driver’s license fee. In January, motorists and legislators alike were shocked when the … Continued
April 28, 2015

Byrne Supports Honoring Voting Rights Marches

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, March 4, Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-Montrose) announced in a statement that a bipartisan resolution led by US Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) commemorating the 1965 voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. The resolution would call for the issuance of a … Continued
March 6, 2015

Roby and Sewell Promote Congressional Gold Medal Bill for Selma Marchers

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, February 13, US Representatives Martha Roby (R-Montgomery) and Terri Sewell (D-Selma) released a video celebrating a special bill awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to the men and women who, in March 1965, marched from Selma to Montgomery to protest for the voting rights they were already entitled … Continued
February 13, 2015

State Receives Federal Grant Money for More Law Enforcement Positions

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Monday, September 29, the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) announced a funding award to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) to create or protect twenty-five law enforcement positions within the Department of Public Safety. Nationally the COPS program will award $124 million over … Continued
October 2, 2014

AG announces third former trooper felony conviction

Staff Report MONTGOMERY –Attorney General Luther Strange announced a felony theft conviction today of a third former Alabama state trooper for using a state credit card to purchase gasoline for his personal use.  Kenneth Grissett, 52, of Tuscaloosa, had been stationed at the Tuscaloosa office of the Alabama Department of Public Safety. Grissett pleaded guilty … Continued
May 10, 2013