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Reports say House Leadership will resurrect Gas Tax

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Very powerful, very wealthy special interests support spending more taxpayer money on road construction projects and they spend a lot of money on elections so that they get their way in the Alabama Legislature. Two weeks, ago the Alabama House of Representatives carried over a controversial bill sponsored by … Continued
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May 5, 2017

Gas tax increase bill is effectively dead

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Thursday, April 13, 2017, the Alabama House of Representatives rejected a bill supported by House leadership that would have raised fuel taxes on the people of Alabama by nine cents per gallon in three phases between September 1, 2017 and 2024. Special interests including: the road builders, the trucking … Continued
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April 14, 2017

Gas tax bill expected on floor of House today

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter House Bill 487 sponsored by Representative Bill Poole (R-Tuscaloosa) raises taxes on fuel in three phases across Alabama over the next seven years. HB487 is on the calendar to be voted on in the Alabama House of Representatives today. The money would be used to pay down a massive … Continued
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April 13, 2017

Gas Tax increase on the fast track in Montgomery

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter A number of powerful special interests spoke in favor of House Bill 487, which would raise taxes on the gas and diesel fuel that Alabamians purchase every day to commute to and from work, church, school, and play. HB487 is sponsored by state Representative Bill Poole (R-Tuscaloosa). Rep. Poole … Continued
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April 12, 2017

New gas tax bill introduced

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Supporters of raising the taxes on Alabama’s gasoline and diesel fuel have introduced another bill that they hope to pass this session while all the focus is on the impeachment of Governor Robert Bentley. The Alabama Road and Bridge Rehabilitation and Improvement Authority would be established to finance road … Continued
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April 10, 2017

Legislature returns today

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, April 4, 2017, the Alabama Legislature returns after a two week spring break. The legislature has a number of issue to deal with. The first of these is the budgets. The Senate was debating the education trust fund (ETF) budget on the last day. Now it moves to … Continued
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April 4, 2017

Rogers proposes tax on wire transfers to pay for the Border Wall

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Thursday, March 30, 2017, US Representatives Mike Rogers (R-Saks) introduced HR1813, the Border Wall Funding Act of 2017. This bill, which is supported and endorsed by FAIR, the Federation for American Immigration Reform, would impose a 2 percent fee on all remittances headed south of the US border. Congressman … Continued
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March 31, 2017

California proposes an opioid tax

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter According to some estimates the growing the growing prescription opioid epidemic has a national economic burden of $78.5 billion. It is estimated that Alabama alone is spending over $234 million a year most of that on extra healthcare costs. Drug overdose deaths have soared 167 percent nationally. In California … Continued
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March 29, 2017

Top stories to watch in 2017

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter 2016 is over, and 2017 is here. 2016 was a year full of big political news, and we at The Alabama Political Reporter anticipate 2017 to be no less intense. The election of Donald Trump (R) as President of the United States was the biggest national news story of … Continued
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January 2, 2017