By Steve Flowers Our Senior U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby turns 85 this week. In March, he reached another milestone – he surpassed Sen. John Sparkman as...
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Inside the Statehouse
By Steve Flowers Folks, taking care of prisoners is not a popular political issue. However, every so often, Alabama politicians pragmatically have...
Inside the Statehouse
By Steve Flowers It is a foregone conclusion that a Republican will take out our anomaly liberal Democratic Sen. Doug Jones next year. The question...
Inside the Statehouse
By Steve Flowers As I observe the legislature, it occurs to me that I am getting older. A lot of the legislators and lobbyists I have known over the...
Inside the Statehouse
By Steve Flowers There is no question that Gov. Kay Ivey’s Infrastructure/Gas Tax Program was the cornerstone issue of this legislative session....
Inside the Statehouse
By Steve Flowers After their successful special five-day Special Session, the Legislature has been in their regular session for a few weeks now. The...
Inside the Statehouse
By Steve Flowers One of the obvious political changes in Alabama government over the last decades with the Republican takeover of the Legislature...
Inside the Statehouse
By Steve Flowers Last week, we talked about the significance of roads and how important they are to the economic development of our state. We spoke...
Inside the Statehouse
By Steve Flowers Gov. Kay Ivey made infrastructure improvement in the state her cornerstone issue for this year, and more importantly for her term...