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Baldwin County School System Defends Actions

  By Brandon MoseleyAlabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, June 10, officials with the Baldwin County Board of Education responded to allegations that they acted inappropriately in the recent school property tax referendum. Director of Communications with the Baldwin County Schools System Terry Wilhite said, “The state requires that a school district have a minimum tax … Continued
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June 11, 2015

Strange Asks Court to Dismiss Zeigler Suit

By Brandon MoseleyAlabama Political Reporter Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange (R) has asked the court to dismiss a lawsuit brought by State Auditor Jim Zeigler (R) and two other plaintiffs. Strange says the three plaintiffs do not have legal standing to bring the suit, have failed to state a legal cause of action, and argues … Continued
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June 10, 2015

Austerity Budget Passes Out of Senate Committee

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, May 27, State of Alabama agency head after agency head paraded in front of the Senate Finance and Taxation Committee warning about how their agency will be impacted if they are forced to endure cuts to their budgets. The Senate Committee introduced a substitute version of HB135; … Continued
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May 28, 2015

People of Colbert County Send Emphatic Anti-tax Message

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, May 26, Colbert County voters went to the polls and voted down a proposed massive proposed tax increase to benefit Colbert County Schools.  The rejection of the tax increases follows similar votes by the people of Baldwin and Lawrence Counties. The Stop the Farm Tax Pac wrote … Continued
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May 27, 2015

Commissioner David Black Opposes Colbert County Tax Increase

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Friday, May 21, Colbert County Commissioner, David Black announced that he opposes a proposed 27 percent county property tax increase.  Commissioner Black encourages the voters of Colbert County (excluding the cities of Muscle Shoals, Tuscumbia, and Sheffield) to vote in opposition to the tax increase on Tuesday, May 26. … Continued
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May 26, 2015

Mental Health Advocates Ask Legislators Not To Cut Services

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, May 12, over 250 intellectually disabled Alabamians, their families, caregivers, and advocates rallied in from of the State House for legislators not to cut mental health services in Alabama in the 2016 budget year. Henry Parker with Montgomery Area Public Health said, “Hopefully we can get the legislature … Continued
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May 18, 2015

Conservative Group Opposes Tuscaloosa County Bills

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, May 6, the West Alabama Republican Assembly issued a press release objecting to two pieces of local legislation. Tuscaloosa government officials have asked their legislature to make a sales tax increase, on a tax which was supposed to expire, a permanent tax on the people. Alabama Assembly … Continued
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May 11, 2015

Public Hearing Held on Raising Taxes

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter For over three months, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) has been lobbying the State legislature to raise taxes on the people of Alabama. On Tuesday, May 5, the House Republican Caucus voted in favor of a much more modest package of tax increases along with a Rep. Mike Hubbard … Continued
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May 7, 2015