By Glynn Wilson – The fools yâall elected to represent us in Montgomery have gone back home now on a paid vacation for a holiday they donât even believe in, Labor Day. The fool of a governor yâall elected to represent us in the state capital is making excuses like the bad kid on the…
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Alabama House Passes Lottery Bill at Midnight, Senate Must Approve in Conference
Alabama Governor Bentley’s Lottery Plan to Fund Medicaid Dies in Special Session ‘Train Wreck’
Lottery, BP Settlement Bills Clear Alabama Legislative Committees in Special Session
By Glynn Wilson – Two very different lottery bills won approval in the Alabama Senate Tourism and Marketing Committee on Tuesday, the second day of a special session prompted by a Medicaid funding shortfall, according to Arise policy analyst Carol Gundlach. Both are sponsored by Senator Jim McClendon, a Republican from Springville, and the Senate…
What’s at Stake in the August Special Session?
By Hank Sanders – MONTGOMERY, Ala. — What will this looming special legislative session bring? Will it bring fiscal solutions for Medicaid? Will it bring solutions for the hemorrhaging General Fund? Will it bring expansion of Medicaid? Will it bring long lurking gambling efforts to a head? Will it bring better or worse public education?…
Attorney General Candidate Advocates Lottery to Fund Education in Alabama
By Wayne Ruple – HEFLIN, Ala. — Standing only 26 miles from the Alabama-Georgia state line, a candidate for Attorney General told a crowd in Heflin recently, “Right now Alabamians are funding the education of Georgia’s children, funding the education of Tennessee’s children, funding the education of Florida’s children. Now in my opinion it’s only…