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...
Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers Even though qualifying does not begin until Oct. 8, 2019, the field is probably set for the GOP Primary in March to unseat the...

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers The field is probably formulated for our 2020 Senate race. A Republican will be heavily favored to capture the seat currently held...

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers During the late summer, it was revealed that Alabama’s economy set records for the number of people employed along with the lowest...

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers The upcoming 2020 census is extremely critical in Alabama and the rest of the states in the nation, as well. The census affects the...

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

Gov. Kay Ivey has had a very successful first year as governor. One of the coups she pulled off was getting the legislature to pass legislation...

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers As we say goodbye to the summer of 2019, allow me to reminisce with you and indeed commemorate more than likely a summer exactly 50...

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers It has been a long, hot summer in Montgomery, and I do not mean at the capitol or statehouse, but in the city of Montgomery itself....

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers One of the legendary figures in Alabama political lore is Floyd Mann. Colonel Mann was public safety director for two governors....

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers There are very few Alabamians left who remember the 1950s story of Phenix City, Alabama. After World War II, a good many of the...

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