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Powerful Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard has been arrested on felony ethics charges, accused of using public office for personal gain.
OPELIKA, Ala. ~ Hubbard was indicted by a grand jury on 23 charges accusing him of misusing his office as speaker and his previous post as chairman of the Alabama Republican Party.
The 52-year-old Republican who led the GOP's takeover of the Legislature in 2010, ending 136 years of Democratic control faces up to 20 years in prison.