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Opinion

Prisons may suffer in special session

Alabama is only one of a handful of states that work out of two budgets. Read more

by Steve Flowers, Thursday, June 25, 2015 10:38 pm

Opinion

Session may be money well spent

The regular legislative session ended without a General Fund Budget. Read more

by Steve Flowers, Thursday, June 18, 2015 10:16 pm

Opinion

Time for state to reap benefits of gaming

As I was walking out of the Statehouse recently someone asked me, “Do you think we will have gambling in Alabama”. Read more

by Steve Flowers, Thursday, June 11, 2015 10:34 pm

Opinion

Has the time come for a lottery?

We are in the final days of the first regular legislative session of the quadrennium. Read more

by Steve Flowers, Thursday, June 4, 2015 10:15 pm

Opinion

It doesn’t matter what Roy Moore thinks

This has been an eventful year. Thousands of tourists have flocked to Alabama to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery March for ... Read more

by Steve Flowers, Thursday, May 28, 2015 10:37 pm

Opinion

State’s chickens have come home to roost

The first regular legislative session of the quadrennium has begun. Legislators have arrived in Montgomery for their three and a half month session and they ... Read more

by Steve Flowers, Thursday, March 5, 2015 10:21 pm

Opinion

Lawmakers will face fiscal woes

The first legislative session of the quadrennium convenes next week. It is no secret that the state is broke. Read more

by Steve Flowers, Thursday, February 26, 2015 10:50 pm

Editorials

Lackluster state races on ballot

Believe it or not we are less than one week away from the 2014 Primary Elections. The Republican and Democratic primaries are next Tuesday. The ... Read more

by Steve Flowers, Thursday, May 29, 2014 7:08 pm

Opinion

How mad will the voters be?

The 2014 Regular Legislative Session, which ended last month, was the last of the quadrennium. It ended on the same note it began on four ... Read more

by Steve Flowers, Thursday, May 8, 2014 9:30 pm

Opinion

These races are worth following

Early on it appeared that the best political races of the year would be for legislative seats. Indeed, with this being a lackluster year for ... Read more

by Steve Flowers, Thursday, May 1, 2014 11:29 pm

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