By Steve Flowers Alabama is in good hands with John McMillan. A good man is in the job of State Treasurer of Alabama for the third straight quadrennium. Young Boozer served two successive four-year terms from 2010 to 2018. Mr. Boozer did an excellent job as treasurer....

Special to the Opelika Observer Gov. Kay Ivey announced last Thursday that, yet again, Alabama reported a record number of foster care adoptions. In Fiscal Year 2019, there were 731 foster care adoptions, which is an all-time record for the state. That is up from the...

By Steve Flowers Early speculation on the 2020 U.S. Senate race had State Sen. Del Marsh listed as a potential GOP aspirant. He had considered making a plunge into the special election contest for Jeff Sessions’ seat in 2017, but opted out. Most astute observers never...

BY Steve Flowers Dr. David Bronner has marked his place in Alabama political and governmental history. He has headed the revered Retirement Systems of Alabama Pension Funds for 45 years. When Bronner took his present job with RSA, the Retirement Systems had...