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Alabama politics of Labor Day

By STEVE FLOWERS | Guest Columnist  With Labor Day approaching it signifies that the long hot summer will ...

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Looking at power of TV

In 1960 television was a new medium. Most Americans did not have televisions in the early 1950s. However, ...

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Trump, Clinton nailed vice president picks

Political experts and historians have consistently chronicled the fact that vice presidential choices have no significant effect on ...

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Alabamians want to hold vote on lottery

As anticipated, a special Legislative Session has been called by Governor Robert Bentley. The session is set ...

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Drama reigns in state politics

Now that the national conventions are over and we have had a glimpse of what to expect in ...

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Florida is key swing state in presidential race

Sometimes when I observe national politics I am enthralled by the magnificent creation of our American government. When ...

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Looking at ramifications of Hubbard verdict

Steve is a former legislator and is now the state’s leading political columnist.

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Hubbard latest example that power corrupts

The older you get the more you realize that old adages you heard as a child are true. ...

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Reflecting on nearly two decades in House

One of my most cherished lifetime memories is the almost two decades I served in the Alabama House ...

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Celebrating longevity in the Legislature

A few Friday nights ago, a large throng of people gathered at The Club in Birmingham despite a ...

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My first time eating lunch with Gov. Wallace

While observing the legislature the other day, I fondly remembered a very eventful day as a youth. As ...

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No action is sometimes best course

By STEVE FLOWERS | Political Columnist  Sometimes the best thing that the legislature can do in a session ...

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Chief Justice Hooper served state well

A few weeks ago former Alabama Chief Justice Perry O. Hooper Sr. died at his home in Montgomery ...

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Why nothing gets done in the Legislature

For the past five or six years the legislature has pretty much cut state government to the bone. ...

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100 years of seniority lost in one day

By STEVE FLOWERS | Guest Columnist At this time of year Washington, D.C. is a beautiful place to ...

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