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Students respond to Higher Education Commission’s FAFSA promotion efforts

Students across Alabama are completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, at higher rates, responding well to the Alabama Commission on Higher Education’s effort to boost application rates. At least 44 percent of Alabama high school seniors completed that form that allows them to apply for Pell Grants and subsidized federal student … Continued

June 13, 2018

Tommy Bryan to seek another term on the Alabama Supreme Court

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama Supreme Court Associate Justice Tommy Bryan announced his bid for re-election to the Alabama Supreme Court. Justice Bryan has served on the Alabama Supreme Court since 2013 and said in a statement that he has stood firm in his mission of protecting Alabama’s conservative values. “I want to … Continued

Brandon Moseley

November 30, 2017

Speculation has Judge Terry Butts running for Senate

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Troy University’s recent homecoming was filled with excitement and celebration. Talk about the university’s winning football program was a constant point of pride for students, faculty and alumni. But there was another topic that generated considerable buzz within the celebration, and it was speculation that alumni Judge Terry Butts … Continued

Bill Britt

November 3, 2017

Southern Poverty Law Center to sue “internet hate group” who “harassed Jewish family”

Sam Mattison Alabama Political Reporter Southern Poverty Law Center Co-Founder and Chief Trial Counsel Morris Dees said on Wednesday, March 22, that the organization is filing a lawsuit in April against a hate group. Dees said this at a speech he gave at Troy University’s main campus in Troy, Alabama, at their annual Journalism Symposium. … Continued

Sam Mattison

March 23, 2017

Massive Prison Spending Bill “All Devil-No Details”

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—The State is poised to give Gov. Robert Bentley an $800 million dollar credit card to build 4 super-max style prisons, with no written plan, no impact study, and no accountability. The only thing certain about the project is that State taxpayers will be on the hook for $1.5 … Continued

Bill Britt

May 2, 2016

Troy’s Koch Problem May Affect Research Reliability

By Lee Hedgepeth Alabama Political Reporter Troy University’s Johnson Center for Political Economy recently released a study examining the legitimacy of two previous analyses done by UAB and University of Alabama considering the economic impact of Medicaid expansion in the Yellowhammer State. The Troy study’s conclusions fly in the face of those of the earlier … Continued

Lee Hedgepeth

April 23, 2014

Opinion

Medicaid Expansion Studies: Follow the Money

By Dr. Jennifer Marsden Candidate for Alabama State House District 93 There’s a new study out on Medicaid Expansion in Alabama from Troy University. It finds different conclusions from two prior studies from the University of Alabama and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Articles on this study, and the new study’s authors, point out … Continued

Jennifer Marsden

March 10, 2014

Opinion

Medicaid Overdose: Bigger is not Better

By Brandon Demyan Much has been made about the continual refusal by Governor Robert Bentley to expand Medicaid. In the push to pass the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), President Obama explained in 2009 that “we can’t simply put more people into a broken system that doesn’t work.” Medicaid was originally created to … Continued

Guest Contributor

March 4, 2014

Forbes has Low Opinion of Alabama Colleges

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Forbes Magazine came out with its’ rankings of the nation’s universities and colleges. Most of the names in the top twenty (with a couple of exceptions) were what most of us would expect. Princeton took the top college title this year. They were followed by Princeton, Williams College, Stanford, … Continued

Brandon Moseley

August 7, 2012