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TV Still Drives the Vote By Steve Flowers After the 1960 Kennedy vs. Nixon classic presidential contest, television became the medium for political campaigns. TV became the new campaign strategy in Alabama in 1962. George Wallace, Big Jim Folsom and Ryan DeGraffenried...

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We Miss Shorty Price By Steve Flowers OPINION — The governor’s races of bygone years were a lot more fun and colorful than today's.  We would have 10 to 15 candidates. There would be three or four favorites, but we would have 10 others that would make an effort...

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Governor’s Race Down to the Wire By Steve Flowers OPINION — We are down to the last few days in the 2022 governor’s race. For the first time in my memory, the governor’s race has been overshadowed by another race. The race to fill the void left by retiring senior U.S....

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Senate Race Down to the Wire By Steve Flowers OPINION — The GOP Primary is less than two weeks away on May 24. It has been an interesting and expensive race to fill the seat of our venerable and powerful senior Sen. Richard Shelby. There are three major primary...
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By Steve Flowers The 2020 Presidential Election year has already begun. It usually begins on Labor Day of the year prior to the election. However,...

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Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers Folks, don’t look now, but the 2020 presidential election is upon us. Indeed, as many as 21 Democratic aspirants are already...

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By Steve Flowers The 2019 Legislative Session was one of the most controversial yet productive sessions in memory. Gov. Kay Ivey’s first session of...

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By Steve Flowers State Sen. Jabo Waggoner, (R-Vestavia), has been in the Alabama House and Alabama Senate for more than 40 years. That is a record...

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By Steve Flowers Some of us who were former legislators, who served our counties in the legislature a long time, were considered by many to always...

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Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers The 2019 legislative session is now in the books. As each session is observed, it is apparent that primary, powerful, state...

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By Steve Flowers For nearly 100 years, one of, if not the best annual event for young Alabama high school leaders in Alabama has been the Alabama...

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Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers A good many people wonder why simple, straightforward, no nonsense, good-government legislation fails to pass even though it...

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Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers More than 20 years ago when I was a legislator, the state trooper assigned to my county asked if he could come visit with me. “Of...

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