Steve Flowers Articles

Inside the Statehouse: Alabama’s Big 10 Mayors Are Influential

Alabama's Big 10 Mayors Are Influential OPINION — Students of Alabama political history will rightly remember the 2022 midterm election. This election saw the majority of Alabama voters cast their ballots for Katie Britt, who will be the first woman elected to...

Inside the Statehouse

All Politics Is No Longer Local OPINION — The legendary speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Tip O’Neill, is credited with coining the slogan, “all politics is local.” He quoted it often and lived it. The old Boston machine Democratic politician went home to...

Inside the Statehouse

Bonner Inaugurated at South Alabama OPINION — Jo Bonner was officially sworn in as the fourth president of the University of South Alabama on Sept. 23, 2022. The University of South Alabama (USA) is the crown jewel and flagship of the Alabama Gulf Coast. It is a...

Inside the Statehouse

Kay Ivey is Governor Again OPINION — Gov. Kay Ivey’s 2022 reelection victory run has been very impressive. Some of you may be wondering how quickly I have been able to resolve that she has indeed culminated her victorious run when the general election was held Tuesday...
Alabama May Lose A Congressional Seat, but Maybe Not

An Election Year to Remember

By Steve Flowers As we close out this year of COVID and presidential politics, many of you are still in discussions about Donald Trump. Some are...

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Alabama May Lose A Congressional Seat, but Maybe Not

COVID killed The Don

By Steve Flowers Around Labor Day, when this year’s presidential campaign was beginning to heat up, I wrote a column about the classic 1960...

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