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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

Jul 18, 2018

By Steve Flowers You have the results of Tuesday’s runoff elections. I had to go to press with my column before the results were known. There are...

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

Jul 11, 2018

By Steve Flowers Well folks, if you vote in the Republican primary, you may want to go back to the polls next week and finish selecting the GOP...

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

Jul 5, 2018

By Steve Flowers Otto Whittaker wrote the following essay, “I Am the Nation” in 1955 as a public relations advertisement for the Norfolk and Western...

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

Jun 27, 2018

By Steve Flowers The best races of the year have been for Attorney General and Lt. Governor, as well as Agriculture Commissioner and for the 2nd...

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

Jun 20, 2018

By Steve Flowers This is not just a gubernatorial year in the Heart of Dixie. We have every constitutional office up for election which includes Lt....

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

Jun 13, 2018

By Steve Flowers Now that the dust has settled from last week’s gubernatorial primaries, let’s analyze the outcome. Governor Kay Ivey and Tuscaloosa...

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

Jun 6, 2018

By Steve Flowers You voted Tuesday on a crowded ballot. Historically, in Alabama we have voted more heavily in our Governor’s race year than in a...

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

May 30, 2018

By Steve Flowers In my book, “Of Goats and Governors: Six Decades of Alabama Political Stories,” I suggest that based on seniority, tenure, power...

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

May 23, 2018

By Steve Flowers As we get down to the lick log in the 2018 June Primary, there are few surprises in any of the major state races. Polling indicates...

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