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General Fund Budget Situation

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, August 7 both Houses of the Alabama legislature met briefly for uneventful sessions.  Despite the fact that this special session is rapidly drawing to a close neither House did anything over the weekend.  Monday the legislature will go into session but few have any hope that … Continued
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August 10, 2015

Cigarette Tax Is Defeated in Committee

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, August 4, the House Ways & Means General Fund Committee rejected a measure to raise the cigarette tax by 25 cents a pack in a narrow 8 to 7 vote. Tobacco taxes were a key lynch-pin in both Governor Robert Bentley (R) and Chairman Steve Clouse’s (R-Ozark) plans … Continued
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August 5, 2015
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Promises to Keep

By John Rice President, Alabama Foundation for Limited Government Gov. Robert Bentley and scores of lawmakers promised not to raise taxes throughout election season just last year. Now, Governor Bentley is breaking his promise, and he says he has been meeting with most lawmakers in an attempt to get them to break their promises, too. … Continued
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July 31, 2015

Beverage Tax Opponents Fear Governor’s Special Session Call

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, July 9, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley announced that he was calling the State Legislature into Special Session on July 13, to address the troubled 2016 State General Fund (SGF) budget. The Governor did not address what exactly his proposals would be for the special session call, … Continued
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July 10, 2015

General Fund Budget in a Morass

By Brandon MoseleyAlabama Political Reporter Wednesday, June 3: Again, no one in the legislature could come together on a plan on what to do about the State General Fund (SGF) before this session began, and with this session rapidly coming to an end, no resolution appears in sight. An angrily divided Senate adjourned after lunch … Continued
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June 4, 2015

Gaming Bills On Hold

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Last week came and went and no gaming bills were brought to the floor of either House. With only four legislative days left, time has run out on gaming legislation. When this legislative session began, the State was struggling to deal with a budget shortfall in the State General … Continued
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June 1, 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

Public Hearing on Marsh Gaming Expansion Plan Today

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, May 12, the State Senate will hold a public hearing on Senate President Del Marsh’s plan that would bring a lottery and Class III gaming to Alabama in order to bring new revenues to Alabama’s troubled General Fund. State Senator Harri Anne Smith (I-Slocumb) announced on Facebook, … Continued
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May 12, 2015
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Del Marsh: Let the People Vote on a Lottery and Gaming

By Senate President Pro Tempore Del Marsh Five years ago we came to Montgomery on a simple promise:  to streamline state government, to cut waste, to bring efficiency and a business-like approach to state services. We went to work and we did our job. While there is still work to be done, we delivered on … Continued
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May 11, 2015

Conservative Opposition to Gaming and Tax Plans (Opinion)

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter GOP candidate after GOP candidate running for office in 2014 said that they were for limited government, rightsizing government, and no new taxes, yet here we are a few months later and now GOP leaders are telling us that we need new revenues.  Nobody much talked about the revenue … Continued
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May 11, 2015