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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
By Steve Flowers On a picture perfect sunny January day, Gov. Robert Bentley was sworn in for his second term as governor, along with all the other constitutional state officeholders. Taking... Read more
By Zack Steele Last month, a bipartisan group of senators including presidential hopeful Rand Paul introduced a Senate bill to re-classify medicinal marijuana. Sounds ridiculous, right? But... Read more
By Steve Flowers As the world turns in Alabama politics, a lot has happened in the first three months of 2015. After Inauguration Day, a federal judge in Mobile ruled Alabama’s constitutiona... Read more
By David Guttery Although home prices nationwide are still recovering from the housing crisis, the number of homeowners with underwater mortgages has declined. Federal mortgage regulators ha... Read more
By Steve Flowers Alabama’s senior and premier political reporter, Phil Rawls, has retired. Phil spent 35 years reporting on Alabama politics for the Associated Press. He was simply the best.... Read more
By Danny Garrett It’s hard to believe that we are already one-third of the way through with the 2015 legislative session. The Republican majority House of Representatives has accomplished mu... Read more
By Steve Flowers In recent years, the Republican Party has taken control of the legislatures in all the Southern states. Alabama’s legislature is overwhelmingly Republican. The GOP holds a 2... Read more
By H. Mac Gipson If there were a type of “do no harm” Hippocratic Oath that Alabama lawmakers would swear to abide by, they wouldn’t have anything to do with proposed legislation that would... Read more
By Slade Blackwell Over the last few weeks, Mac Gipson, the administrator of Alabama’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, has been telling anyone who will listen that removing the state of Al... Read more