Steve Flowers Articles

Inside the State House | May 9, 2024

Senator/Coach Tuberville is quietly effective OPINION — As the end of 2023 was approaching, the U.S. Senate had ignored the custom to adjourn around Thanksgiving for a month-long Christmas break. Instead, they were working right up to Christmas. Alabama’s senior...

You don’t want to offer the president’s SOTU rebuttal

OPINION — Without question, you do not want to be the political sacrificial lamb selected by your party hierarchy to give the rebuttal address in opposition to the Presidential State of the Union address. It does not matter if it is a Democratic stalwart responding to...

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...
Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers One of the greatest Congressmen and leaders in Alabama history is Congressman Jack Edwards. He passed away three weeks ago at age...

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers The second year of the reign of Gov. Kay Ivey may give her a second major accomplishment during her tenure. In her first year, she...

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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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