Lobbyist Ferrell Patrick testified before the federal grand jury this morning. He was resistant to comment but here is his exit video.
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Lobbyist Michael Sullivan spoke with FBI agents this morning at the federal courthouse in connection with the federal probe into bribery allegations at the AL State House.
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Lobbyists return to Montgomery to testify before the federal grand jury. This morning at least 4 lobbyists have walked into the federal courthouse. See video below of Michael Sullivan, enterin the federal courthouse and Noope Cosby exiting. Cosby said he did not testify before the grand jury, he rather sat down with federal agents.
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Democratic AEA becomes GOP issue in Alabama race: http://bit.ly/cLONV2 #
Artur Davis gets endorsements from seven AL newspapers: http://bit.ly/dkxYwx #
Senator Wendell Mitchell discusses his serious illness: http://bit.ly/9Ix2EG #
Billy Beasley gets major endorsement in Senate District 29 race: http://bit.ly/b2hihJ #
Alabama Supreme Court sides with Governor Riley on gambling: http://bit.ly/cex0zA #
Tim James: Bradley Byrne owes my father an [...]
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The fallout from the latest bingo ruling is stirring up the Democratic gubernatorial race now just a week away from primary election day.
Electronic bingo has been a big issue for gubernatorial candidates from both parties in the primary races, but most Republicans at least agree that they’re opposed to electronic [...]
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Could the latest state supreme court ruling over bingo signal a bigger shift in the way Alabama’s state government is run?
At least one prominent federal judge thinks so. Judge John Carroll, Dean of Samford’s Cumberland School of Law says Governor Riley walks away from Friday’s ruling with more than just the power to run his [...]
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Taylor running hard to cover the district in state senate race: http://bit.ly/dzKVLe #
Ala. county commissioner denies charges in court: http://bit.ly/ceSHpg #
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Agriculture Commissioner Ron Sparks says Daryl Perkins is now advising his campaign.
Perkins worked with Sparks Democratic rival, Congressman Artur Davis, for about ten years before the two parted ways.
Sparks says Perkins is an unpaid advisor for the campaign.
PoliticalParlor first reported Perkins latest gig here.
Read more of Rick Journey’s political blogs here.
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The Bradley Byrne campaign just released a statement from Comms/Policy Director Marty Sullivan concerning Tim James, the Toll Bridge commercial reaction and calls for an apology to James father, the former governor Fob James.
“The facts speak for themselves. Without the law his father supported and helped pass, and without the contract his father signed just [...]
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“We’re getting attacked by my opponent who is desperate and pathetic.”
Those words from Tim James in a conference call this afternoon in reaction to a new Bradley Byrne commercial.
“The man is lying through his teeth,” Tim James says about his Republican rival for the nomination for governor.
The commercial calls James involvement in the private Foley [...]
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