Steve Flowers Articles

Nathaniel Ledbetter is a verypowerful Speaker of the House

BY STEVE FLOWERS OPINION — As the 2024 Regular Legislative Session began about three months ago, I had a column entitled “2024 Legislative Session Begins Next Week.”In that column I highlighted the leadership of the Alabama House and Senate. I said there were three...

State Leaders all aboard on “Working for Alabama” Plan

BY STEVE FLOWERS OPINION — Anyone who follows the Legislative Session each year in Montgomery, knows that it is never short of controversy.The House has its priorities, the Senate has its own, and governors have theirs. And it is fair to say that those priorities are...

Primary runoff is this week

OPINION — Those of you who live in the new 2nd congressional district have runoffs this coming Tuesday, April 16. This is the most interesting and entertaining political contest in Alabama this year.This new seat is comprised of all of Montgomery County, as well as...

Presidential race looks like a Biden-Trump rematch

BY STEVE FLOWERS OPINION — We Americans are going to the polls in five months, to elect the next President of the United States. Election day is Nov. 5.We are getting set for a rematch between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden. Americans are not too...
COVID killed The Don

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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COVID killed The Don

Election Next Week

By Steve Flowers Well, folks, it is finally here. The presidential race is next Tuesday. However, a good many Americans have already voted. True...

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers Our 2020 presidential election is less than two weeks away. We Americans will either elect Republican Donald Trump for another...

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COVID killed The Don

Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers Alabama’s budget year begins this week; COVID-19 has played havoc. The new fiscal year begins this week for Alabama government. We...

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