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The First of Five Regional Transportation Infrastructure Hearings Held Thursday

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, January 7, the Alabama Legislature’s Joint Transportation Committee held the first of five regional meetings in Northport to gather information on Alabama’s infrastructure needs in order to maintain safe, quality roads, and bridges. Business Council of Alabama (BCA) President and CEO William J. Canary said in a … Continued
January 11, 2016

Rep. Phil Williams Announces His Opposition to Raising Gas Taxes

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter In 2015, powerful forces led by Governor Robert Bentley (R) pushed the State Legislature for massive tax increases to help the state general fund (SGF). It took nine months and three sessions; but eventually $66 million a year in cigarette, nursing home bed, and prescription drug taxes passed the … Continued
January 7, 2016

Legislature Considering Raising Taxes on Fuel

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Alabama State Legislature is gearing up for another busy regular legislative session and one proposal that is being bandied about by legislators is raising gas taxes so that more money can be spent building and repairing more roads around the state, On Saturday, January 2, State Representative Mack … Continued
January 4, 2016

Un-earmarking Is a Common-Sense Approach to Budget Issues

By Sen. Cam Ward Budget cuts. Tax increases. Agency restructurings. We’ve heard and seen it all over the past several months since the Legislature first came to order in early March. Since that time, there has been a regular session and two special sessions. Throughout each, a lot of ideas were bounced off the wall … Continued
November 2, 2015

American Cancer Society Critical of Legislature’s Paltry Tobacco Tax Increase

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On September 16, a Republican supermajority in both Houses of the Alabama Legislature voted to raise taxes. The legislature passed the state general fund (SGF) budget on Wednesday night while most people were watching the Republican Presidential Debate. Many conservatives are lamenting that majorities of GOP lawmakers broke campaign … Continued
September 17, 2015

Zeigler Says that Cuts Target People not the Governor or Perks

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter If the legislature does not raise taxes all State General Fund (SGF) agencies will be forced to begin making cuts to programs on September 30, to compensate for the lack of revenue to replace the trust fund raid money (which has run out). The second Special Session starts … Continued
September 8, 2015

Second Special Session to Begin Tuesday: No Consensus

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter At 5:00 pm on Tuesday, September 8, the second Special Session of the 2016 Alabama legislature is set to begin and nobody seems to know what is likely to happen. Governor Robert Bentley (R) is still holding out for an incredible $302 million tax increase package including transferring … Continued
September 7, 2015

Zeigler Calls Bentley’s Threats to Parks Political

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Governor Robert Bentley (R) continues to threatened closing Alabama State Parks unless the legislature passes draconian tax increases on the people of Alabama.  Alabama Auditor Jim Zeigler accused Gov. Bentley of using the parks to pressure the legislature and the public to support higher taxes. Auditor Jim Zeigler … Continued
August 20, 2015

Voters Reject Another Tax Increase

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, August 18 Jackson County voters went to the polls and rejected pleas by the County Commission for a one percent sales tax increase. 64 percent of the voters voted down the unpopular tax increase. Alabama Legislators have historically scheduled these kinds of referendums in single issue races … Continued
August 19, 2015

Athens is Next Battleground over Taxes

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Athens School officials want to raise property taxes by 12 million and opponents allege that there has been improper use of school resources to pass that agenda in an August 25 referendum. Similar allegations were made in Baldwin County. There, Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange (R) issued an … Continued
August 17, 2015