Chance Phillips

Reporting Intern at Alabama Political Reporter

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Most of Tuberville’s initial fundraising haul came from large donations

4 days ago | alreporter.com | Chance Phillips

Last week, Tommy Tuberville’s campaign for governor issued a statement that it had “raised $2,064,723 during its first 24 hours, far surpassing its initial goal and shattering the previous Alabama record.” Jackie Curtiss Cox, the campaign’s fundraiser, wrote that she had “never seen momentum like this in my more than ten years in Alabama politics.” Tuberville stated in a post on X that the initial round of fundraising was “just the beginning of our fight to put Alabama first.” Cox also...
Proposed major cuts to NASA would likely hit Huntsville heavily

6 days ago | alreporter.com | Chance Phillips

Under the Trump administration’s budget proposal for the 2026 fiscal year, funding for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration would be reduced by over 6 billion dollars, or almost 25 percent. The economy of Huntsville, home to the Marshall Space Flight Center as well as several federal contractors and research parks, depends heavily on government spending on space exploration and research.
Sen. Tuberville centers Trump in his gubernatorial campaign

1 week ago | alreporter.com | Chance Phillips

Since Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville announced on Tuesday he would be running for governor, instead of reelection to the Senate, he’s repeatedly sought to explain his decision. So far, his explanation is typically that America is in crisis, Trump is working tirelessly to fix it from Washington, D.C., and Tuberville needs to help carry out Trump’s policy agenda in Alabama.
Medicaid, Medicare in Alabama would face cuts under Trump's “One Big Beautiful Bill”

1 week ago | alreporter.com | Chance Phillips

The budget proposal passed by House Republicans on Thursday, titled the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” would seriously reduce health insurance coverage in Alabama, according to several nonpartisan reports. On May 20, before a round of last-minute amendments was approved, nonpartisan health policy organization KFF estimated the bill would render around 53,000 more Alabamians uninsured.
Rep. Sewell proposes budget bill amendments to expand healthcare, cut voucher funding

2 weeks ago | alreporter.com | Chance Phillips

On Wednesday, Alabama Congresswoman Terri Sewell proposed two amendments to House Republicans’ budget proposal, also known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” One amendment called to increase eligibility for the Affordable Care Act’s premium tax credits and the other would have cut a major new tax credit meant to fund private school scholarships.
Experts sound alarm about proposed SNAP cuts, moving costs to states

2 weeks ago | alreporter.com | Chance Phillips

In a press call Tuesday afternoon, Sharon Parrott, president of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, called the current House Republican budget proposal “a bill that features very large tax cuts skewed to the wealthy, coupled with deep and harmful cuts in SNAP, in Medicaid, in ACA marketplace coverage.” If passed, Parrott said, it “will leave millions without the food assistance they need … and it will leave millions without health coverage.” During the House Ways and Means committee’s...
Third Alabama Starbucks votes to unionize in Huntsville

3 weeks ago | alreporter.com | Chance Phillips

On Monday, eight of 10 workers at a Huntsville Starbucks voted to unionize with Starbucks Workers United. The store is the third Starbucks location in the state of Alabama to unionize, and a representative of the union told APR it is the 586th store to unionize nationwide. “I really want to express how grateful I am for all the community support that we’ve gotten,” barista Briar Wolf emphasized during a phone call yesterday.
Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt's Nazi Staffer

1 month ago | liberalcurrents.com | Chance Phillips

! –– where am I XXXXX ––> — 6 min read According to Congressional monitoring company LegiStorm, Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt hired former DeSantis speechwriter Nate Hochman as a policy adviser in February. Schmitt’s office and Hochman himself have not responded to repeated requests for comment.
How Trump’s proposed federal budget would reshape Alabama

1 month ago | alreporter.com | Chance Phillips

On Friday, the White House released its proposed discretionary budget for the federal government’s 2026 fiscal year. While discretionary spending only accounts for just over a quarter of all federal spending, the president’s budget would still represent a significant embrace of public austerity if adopted by Congress.
Students protest Trump’s commencement address at University of Alabama

1 month ago | alreporter.com | Chance Phillips

President Donald Trump delivered an almost hour long commencement address at the University of Alabama Thursday night. At one point joking that “most of what I’ve said tonight is not on the teleprompter,” Trump used the opportunity to talk at length about his second term so far, claim the 2020 election was rigged, and attack transgender people who compete in sports. “But against all odds, I did great in 2016. 2016, how great was that?” the president said. “And then I did much better in 2020.