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Walt Maddox says railroad company has derailed talks

Associated Press April 8, 2019

An Alabama mayor says a railroad is opposing a proposed site for a new Amtrak station, citing safety concerns. Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox tells The Tuscaloosa News that negotiations with Norfolk Southern Railway have broken down. The city has $1.8 million earmarked for a new station for Amtrak’s Crescent, which has daily trains going south to New Orleans and north to New York. Tuscaloosa was eyeing a location at a demolished shopping center. Maddox says Norfolk Southern cited hard-to-fix concerns about sight distance. The mayor says he’ll now ask the Southern Rail Commission for permission to divert a $315,000 grant to improvements at the current station. Maddox says he fears

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Walt Maddox proposes penny tax for ‘Elevate Tuscaloosa’ project

Amelia Hamilton January 30, 2019

Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox has proposed a one-cent sales tax to raise money for the Elevate Tuscaloosa initiative, ABC 3340 reports. Maddox believes this will shift Tuscaloosa from a retail economy to an experience-based, technology-driven city through improvements to transportation, education, and recreation over the next 10 years. Elevate Tuscaloosa consists of 19 projects that will improve mass transit, develop centers for performing arts, adds parts and sports venues, enhance the education system. “If our economy wants to grow, we got to attract and retain the best and brightest. We have a distinct advantage over most cities. We have the University of Alabama, we have Shelton State and Stillman College. We

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Republican Kay Ivey trying to fight off Democrat Walt Maddox

Associated Press November 6, 2018

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, who was catapulted to the governor’s office last year by scandal, on Tuesday will seek to win the post in her own right and fend off a robust challenge from Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox. The race pits the 45-year-old Tuscaloosa mayor — running on a platform of Medicaid expansion and establishing a state lottery to fund college scholarships — in his first statewide race against a 74-year-old Republican incumbent who has occupied the governor’s office for the last 19 months. Maddox pitched the race as a choice between politicians who are content with the state’s low rankings in education, health care and other indicators

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Ala. Gov: Kay Ivey touts experience, Walt Maddox the need for change

Associated Press November 5, 2018

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey and challenger Walt Maddox agree the gubernatorial election is about choice. Ivey says the election is about keeping Alabama on the right track. Maddox frames it as a decision to break with the choices that have kept Alabama mired in the past. The race pits the 45-year-old Tuscaloosa mayor — running on a platform of establishing a state lottery to fund education and Medicaid expansion — in his first statewide race against a 74-year-old Republican incumbent who has held three statewide offices. It comes as Democrats are seeking to build on last year’s victory of U.S. Sen. Doug Jones but face tough odds in

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Walt Maddox wants to increase voter participation by automatic voter registration, early voting

Elizabeth Patton October 31, 2018

Tuscaloosa Mayor and Democratic candidate for Governor Walt Maddox has announced a new plan to help increase voter participation across the Yellowhammer State: he wants automatic voter registration and early voting. “Voting is the most important way a citizen contributes to democracy, so we should strengthen Alabama by doing everything we can to improve voter participation,” Maddox said. “Considering Alabama’s dismal rate of voter registration, low turnout of those who are registered, and the fact that the winner only gets a little more than half the votes in any given race, the truth is that only about 10 percent of our state’s population will actually decide who our state’s

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Walt Maddox wants Kay Ivey to release medical records, suggests cover-up

Associated Press October 19, 2018

Alabama gubernatorial challenger Walt Maddox is asking Governor Kay Ivey to release more information on her 2015 hospitalization, including if her office told the state trooper accompanying her to keep it secret. Maddox said in a press conference today, the issue is not Ivey’s health, but if there was a “cover up”. Maddox said voters need to know if Ivey “can be trusted.’ Ivey is disputing allegations by former law enforcement secretary Spencer Collier. Collier says the trooper said an Ivey staffer directed him not to tell his bosses. Collier said Ivey asked to have the trooper reassigned. Collier says the trooper reported she had a mini stroke.

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Kay Ivey’s campaigns says opponent Walt Maddox ‘takes lying to a whole new level’

Elizabeth Patton October 8, 2018

Tuscaloosa Mayor and Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Walt Maddox released his first statewide campaign ad of the general election campaign on Saturday where he introduces himself to Alabama saying he’s “pro-life” and “pro-Second Amendment.” But Gov. Kay Ivey‘s campaign quickly responded to the new ad saying Maddox is telling a flat out lie. “Walt Maddox promises not to lie, yet he just told two lies in 30 seconds. That takes lying to a whole new level – even for a politician like Walt Maddox,” wrote Ivey’s campaign. “When you look at his true position on abortion and the gun grabbing allies he pals around with, it’s clear Walt Maddox is too

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Kay Ivey’s September fundraising nearly double that of opponent Walt Maddox

Elizabeth Patton October 3, 2018

Republican Gov. Kay Ivey has just reported her September fundraising totals and she raked in nearly double than that of her Democratic opponent, Walt Maddox: $735,450 to $373,016. Since announcing her candidacy Ivey has raised $6.1 million for her campaign war chest. Meanwhile Maddox has brought in just a fraction of that — $2 million. Ivey will face Maddox on Nov. 6 in the general election.

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Walt Maddox: State in mental health care crisis

Associated Press September 25, 2018

Standing with a probate judge who described how he can sometimes not find treatment beds for people who need to be committed, gubernatorial challenger Walt Maddox said Monday the state is facing a mental health care crisis and must put more resources into treatment. The Democratic nominee opposing Republican Gov. Kay Ivey held a news conference outside a closed psychiatric hospital in Montgomery. Maddox said a shortage of mental health services could be addressed by Medicaid expansion and his lottery and gambling proposals to put more money into treatment. “Alabamians are hurting,” Maddox said. Maddox said the state’s failure to expand Medicaid under Ivey and previous Gov. Robert

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Mac McCutcheon weighs-in: Kay Ivey ‘doesn’t really need to debate’ Walt Maddox

Elizabeth Patton September 20, 2018

There’s been much discussion this year about Republican Gov. Kay Ivey avoiding her Democratic opponent Walt Maddox on the debate stage. Now Alabama House Speaker Mac McCutcheon is offering his opinion on the entire situation, saying Ivey “doesn’t really need to debate” Maddox for the November 6 election. “When it comes to debates, in a campaign, every campaign is different,” McCutcheon told WHNT. “The candidates of those campaigns, they need to look at the polling, they need to look at the issues, they need to look at the opportunity they have.” For months, Ivey has side-stepped Maddox, just as she did with her Republican primary challengers. Earlier this month

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Kay Ivey, Walt Maddox talk lottery, Ten Commandments ballot measure

Staff Writer August 23, 2018

Governor Kay Ivey and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Walt Maddox both spoke at the Alabama Association of County Commissioners in Orange Beach on Wednesday, providing their views on a lottery in the state and the Ten Commandments Ballot measure on the ticket with them in the November 6 general election after their speeches. Ivey seems to believe the Ten Commandments ballot measure is a good thing.” Goodness knows we need to keep the good Lord and our God Almighty in the forefront of our lives (or) we’ll never succeed,” Ivey told AL.com. Maddox took a different stance saying he believes the measure is a political ploy. “Let’s make no mistake

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Checking in: What has Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox been up to?

Staff Writer August 23, 2018

Ever wonder what your mayor been up to each month? Sure you may have helped elect them, but what happens after that? Alabama Today has you covered. Each month we’ll highlight what the Yellowhammer State’s Big 5 mayors have been doing in an effort to hold them accountable and keep things more transparent. On top of campaigning for governor, Tuscaloosa, Ala. Mayor Walt Maddox has been busy keeping his constituents in Tuscaloosa up to date with what he’s been doing for the city. Here’s what he’s been up to for the last month: July 11 Maddox sat down with stern, a German magazine reporter Jens König to discuss possible tariffs

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