Subscribe Now!

Steve Flowers Articles

Political potpourri

BY STEVE FLOWERS OPINION — I hope you all voted in the March 5 primaries. You have an advantage on me in that I must go to press with my column before Wednesday, my publication date. Therefore, you know the results. However, I doubt there are any surprises.We do not...
Read More

Primary is next week

OPINION — This coming Tuesday, March 5, is Primary Election Day in Alabama. Your vote next week is probably as important this Tuesday as it will be in the November general election because winning the Republican nomination for a statewide position in Alabama is...
Read More

Apparently a qualification to run is to not live in 2nd District

BY STEVE FLOWERS OPINION— “Friends and Neighbors” politics and “all politics is local” has gone by the wayside. Instead, we are a state and nation divided along partisan and racial lines. In Alabama, almost all white voters are Republican and almost all black voters...
Read More

State Senate Leaders

BY STEVE FLOWERS OPINION Last week we discussed the Alabama House of Representatives and highlighted the leaders in the House.This week we will talk about the prominent members of the very powerful Alabama State Senate.To begin with, the state senate is made up of 35...
Read More
Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

Apr 26, 2023

Alabama Political Leaders under 45 OPINION — It may appear to you and most casual observers of Alabama politics that our Alabama elected officials...

read more
Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

Mar 29, 2023

Marshall County and Enterprise Emerging as Alabama Political Breeding Grounds OPINION — Over the years, certain counties in Alabama have bred an...

read more
Inside the Statehouse: Democrats Give Trump a Lifeline

Inside the Statehouse

Mar 22, 2023

2026 Governor's Race Has Begun OPINION — Alabama’s original 1901 Constitution had a law whereby the governor could only serve one four-year term and...

read more