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...
2022 Big election year as Alabama chooses Shelby’s successor
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Inside the Statehouse
Reapportionment and Gerrymandering By Steve Flowers Hopefully, you participated in the census last year. It is vitally important for each...
‘An ever-moving reality in history’: Becoming the Beloved Community
By Hannah Lesterhlester@opelikaobserver.com Dr. Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated 53 years ago. And Auburn University’s Becoming the Beloved...
Lee Co. starts distracted driving program
By Lofton WheelesFor the Opelika Observer Just in time for the summer: The Lee County District Attorney’s Office has started a new program to...
Bob Dole, 97, fighting cancer; a man of patriotism who uses “the third person”
By Greg Markley Last weekend, in a move not on the president’s public schedule, President Biden visited former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole. It was just days...
Inside the Statehouse
By Steve Flowers Wallace: Political Genius and Legislative Master As the Regular Legislative Session evolves, I recall years past when George...
Noise Complaints in Beauregard
By Hannah Lesterhlester@opelikaobserver.com Beauregard citizens are begging for help. A group of Beauregard residents attended Monday...
Will Businesses Keep Masks?
By Hannah Lesterhlester@opelikaobserver.com Gov. Kay Ivey’s state-wide mask mandate expires today at 5 p.m. However, businesses are taking...
Voting rights and wrongs: Part 2
By Greg Markley In 1974, I was fascinated as a high school senior about a contest for a state House seat. The primary was several months away and...