Steve Flowers Articles

2022 Big election year as Alabama chooses Shelby’s successor

By Steve Flowers Last week we alerted you to the fact that next year will be a banner year in Alabama politics. The governor, lieutenant governor and all other statewide constitutional offices are up for election. All 140 members of the legislature are up for election...

Inside the Statehouse

Reapportionment and Gerrymandering By Steve Flowers Hopefully, you participated in the census last year.  It is vitally important for each state that every person is counted. One of the first premises set out by our nation’s founding fathers is that there be a...

Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers Wallace: Political Genius and Legislative Master As the Regular Legislative Session evolves, I recall years past when George Wallace was governor. George Wallace was definitely a political genius and a master of the legislative process.  You...

IN THE STATEHOUSE

2022 Will be a big year for Alabama politics By Steve Flowers All signs point to a Titanic political year in 2022. In fact, as I look back over the last six decades of my observations of Alabama politics, next year may be the most momentous. Most states elect their...

To impeach or not to impeach?

There appears to be very little interest in promoting an effort to impeach Governor Robert Bentley. With very few legislative days left in the...

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‘Pride goeth before a fall’

In the literary classic, “The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,” the author draws parallels to a nation that was on top of the world and because...

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Why Trump appeals to southerners

The presidential primary parade has been colorful and fun to watch this year. It has been even more amusing because of the pervasive presence of one...

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