Steve Flowers Articles

Inside the Statehouse Women and Young Folks Prevail in 2022

By Steve Flowers OPINION — In my observations of Alabama politics, every election year brings an underlying election year surprise or two. The underlying prevailing theme emerging from the Alabama political arena this year is that women have arrived politically in the...

Inside the Statehouse

Katie Britt won the Senate Race the Old-Fashioned Way By Steve Flowers OPINION — Katie Boyd Britt won the Republican Senate Primary the old fashioned way. She got out and worked for it and earned it and, folks, she won big. She beat Mo Brooks 63% to 37% in the GOP...

Inside the Statehouse

Bill Baxley By Steve Flowers The 1970 governor’s race between George Wallace and Albert Brewer overshadowed every other political race in the state that year. However, one of Alabama’s legendary political figures burst on the scene in 1970, when Bill Baxley was...

Inside the Statehouse

Do Campaign Ads Pander? By Steve Flowers OPINION –– During the waning days of the campaigns for governor and U.S. senator, I received an inordinate amount of correspondence lamenting the outrageous, demagogic, disingenuous, negative ads, especially on television. The...
Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers The governor has been inaugurated and the legislature has had its organizational session. The quadrennium has begun. Therefore, it...

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers As the first quarter of 2019 closes, a lot has happened. The governor and all of our constitutional officials have been sworn in...

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers There has been a lot of talk about the advancement of women in politics over the past year. It has been suggested that more...

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers The Alabama Education Association (AEA) was the most powerful and influential political organization in Alabama for close to three...

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers The Legislature has met for their organizational session and elected their leadership for the next four years. Both the House and...

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers As the new quadrennium crests in Alabama government, everybody looks toward a new beginning. There is a new fresh four years ahead...

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

Regardless of what happens in Donald Trump’s administration during the next two years, he will have a proven record of success as President,...

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

Preparations are being made to take the 2020 Census. This process is not just a fun game to spell out demographic changes and interesting tidbits...

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