Politics Articles

Inside the Statehouse

Seniority vs. Senility By Steve Flowers Our senior senator, Richard Shelby, will be remembered as Alabama’s most prominent senator when he retires next December. Folks, that’s saying a lot because we have had a host of prominent men serve Alabama in the United States...

Alabama Forestry Association Endorses Randy Price for State Senate

CONTRIBUTED BY THE AFA The Alabama Forestry Association (AFA) announces its endorsement of Randy Price who is seeking reelection for State Senate District 13, which covers all or parts of Chambers, Cleburne, Clay, Randolph and Lee counties. Price, a resident of...

County Sets Public Hearing For Noise Ordinance

BY HANNAH LESTERHLESTER@OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM The Lee County Commission set a public hearing to discuss a noise ordinance in Lee County Tuesday night following multiple complaints from citizens over the last several weeks. Lee County resident, Marie Maples, had asked to...

Inside the Statehouse

Prison Issue Tackled,New Prisons on the Way By Steve Flowers The problem of overcrowded prisons is a dilemma that has been facing Alabama for close to a decade. It was not something that Kay Ivey created. She simply inherited the situation and the chickens have come...
A Day in the Life

A Day in the Life

By Samuel Moore-Sobel My sister recently returned from a college tour. The occurrence of spring break offered the exciting opportunity to crisscross...

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Kudos to Sen. Cam Ward

Kudos to Sen. Cam Ward

By John Sophocleus Kudos to Sen. Cam Ward [R-Alabaster] head of the Senate Judiciary Committee blocking the ethics bill proposed by Marsh and...

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