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By Dave Parrish When I set out to write this piece, the plan was to put together in 600 words or less an informative article on the basics of financing your real estate purchaser. In doing s... Read more
By Steve Flowers As the legislative session was winding down, it was obvious no solution was going to be found for the beleaguered General Fund Budget. The Governor’s $541 million tax increa... Read more
From the American Farm Bureau Federation WASHINGTON, D.C. – A Fourth of July cookout of Americans’ favorite foods costs slightly less this year, coming in at less than $6 per person. Accordi... Read more
By Steve Flowers Last week’s verdict that VictoryLand be allowed to reopen is justice served. The people of Macon County voted for a constitutional amendment to allow for electronic bingo. T... Read more
By June Mathews Ever since he was a little kid, Skyler Cope has been going to The Palace restaurant with his mom and stepdad. So for years, the outgoing Leeds eighth grader has been friends... Read more
By Steve Flowers The regular legislative session ended without a General Fund Budget. As we look back politically on the first half of the year, the dilemma with the General Fund has been th... Read more
INSIDE THE STATEHOUSE: State derives no revenue from gambling despite presence of casinos in Alabama
By Steve Flowers As I was walking out of the Statehouse recently, someone asked me, “Do you think we will have gambling in Alabama?” My response was simple: “We already have gambling, the st... Read more
By Steve Flowers We are in the final days of the first regular legislative session of the quadrennium. The session constitutionally has to end June 15. The governor and legislature are at a... Read more
By Steve Flowers You would have to have been under a rock for the past six months to not have heard that the State General Fund has a shortfall, and Gov. Robert Bentley has proposed a $540 m... Read more
By Robert Wilkerson Trouble often comes to us in the form of sickness. One such incident is recorded in Isaiah 38:1-6. While his country was at war with Assyria, Hezekiah, the king of Israel... Read more