 Posted by Danny, on July 31st, 2009, at 1:29 pm
The GOP’s Alabama State Victory Plan – 2010 is an internal party document that outlines a plan to increase GOP voter turnout in 2010, specifically in seventeen targeted legislative districts. Seven targeted districts are in the state Senate, and ten are in the state House.
The document (pdf) has some mislabeled tables, but [...]
 Posted by H, on July 31st, 2009, at 6:15 am
 Posted by Danny, on July 30th, 2009, at 3:43 pm
State Sen. Kim Benefield (D – Woodland) was introduced to most of us in one of the most intriguing stories of the last election cycle.
In 2006, Senate Republicans were again trying to form a coalition with dissident Democrats to wrest control of the Senate from the Democratic majority. The Democratic Senate Majority [...]
 Posted by Danny, on July 30th, 2009, at 3:30 pm
U.S. Representative Parker Griffith’s victory in having RNC radio ads pulled that that he found “false and misleading” may have been short-lived. According to Sara Sendek, Regional Press Secretary for the Republican National Committee, the ads are now running on the stations that had temporarily removed them.
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 Posted by H, on July 30th, 2009, at 7:30 am
 Posted by Danny, on July 29th, 2009, at 11:51 am
Al LaPierre worked out a plea bargain and will testify against his co-defendants Larry Langford and Bill Blount.
Let AL.com remind you of the charges:
[Birmingham Mayor Larry] Langford, Montgomery investment banker Bill Blount and lobbyist Al LaPierre are charged in a 101-count indictment accusing them of mail fraud, bribery, money laundering [...]
 Posted by Danny, on July 29th, 2009, at 11:31 am
The Ron Sparks gubernatorial campaign has not filed a statement with the Secretary of State office showing his candidacy’s principal campaign committee, according to the Secretary of State website. Alabama law requires a candidate to file the statement within 5 days of raising (or spending) $25,000 for the candidacy. Fundraising for [...]
 Posted by Danny, on July 29th, 2009, at 10:15 am
U.S. Representative Parker Griffith (D – Huntsville) has challenged a radio ad from the Republican National Committee for its “false and misleading statements,” including its implication that the Congressman supported the federal Stimulus Bill. A release from the Congressman’s office says that Cumulus Broadcast, owner of five stations in north Alabama, is refusing to [...]
 Posted by Danny, on July 29th, 2009, at 8:03 am
In the Political Parlor’s Legislative Dispatch section, Rep. Cam Ward passes along a grim picture of the education budget situation as seen in the numbers from the Legislative Fiscal Office.
 Posted by Danny, on July 29th, 2009, at 7:51 am
State Sen. Hank Sanders states publicly this week what you already read in the Parlor: he “reserves the right to run.”
For the Alabama Senate. For the U.S. Congress. For the state line. It’s all in this week’s column, Senate Sketches, that he writes for his constituents.
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 Posted by H, on July 29th, 2009, at 7:05 am
 Posted by Cam Ward, on July 28th, 2009, at 1:54 pm
The Alabama Legislative Fiscal Office just released some numbers that should be a grim reminder of how bad the economy is impacting Alabama’s Education Trust Fund. Here is a snap shot of their numbers below-
The Education Trust Fund (ETF) budget for FY 2008 was $6.72 billion and after 9% proration the ETF budget [...]
 Posted by Danny, on July 28th, 2009, at 7:45 am
Though Alabama and Alaska are close only on alphabetical lists, some of our newspapers had Sarah Palin on the mind. The 2008 GOP VP candidate stepped down as Alaska’s governor Sunday.
Here are some stories published around the state today.
Tuscaloosa News – We haven’t seen the last of Sarah Palin
Anniston [...]
 Posted by H, on July 28th, 2009, at 7:10 am
 Posted by Danny, on July 27th, 2009, at 3:27 pm
What we have been hearing for a couple of months is now official: Supreme Court Justice Patti Smith will not run for re-election.
We know Republican Kelli Wise intends to run from her seat on the Court of Criminal Appeals. It’s easy to imagine that Democrat Deborah Bell Paseur will jump in. [...]
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Legislative DispatchBy Joe Hubbard on June 8, 2011 This Thursday will mark the last day of the legislative Session. For some, it was a Session that seemed would never end. For others, it was one that ended much too quickly. It may be early, yet, to write an obit on this Session, but as we approach the finish line, some perspective may be in order.
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AL House, AL Senate, Legislative Dispatch, Uncategorized | By John Merrill on May 24, 2011 As you know, a very important piece of legislation will be presented for our consideration in the House tomorrow in Montgomery – Senate Bill 310 – the “Students First” tenure and fair dismissal reform bill. Like me, many House members have been inundated with phone calls and emails from opponents of this bill, and some have been [...]
Legislative Dispatch | By Cam Ward on May 17, 2011 There are a lot of issues to debate before we begin the final days of this session. In fact, I am quite certain there will be some comments on this post debating many of them. Before we get into the last seven day of the session I wanted to bring up a topic that [...]
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