By Steve Flowers Historically speaking, Alabamians have been more interested in the governor’s race than presidential politics. For years, from 1876 to 1964, we were a totally Democratic sta... Read more
By Steve Flowers Ole Bill Baxley has been in the news a lot this year. He was the lead defense counsel for former Speaker Mike Hubbard’s ethics conviction trial over in Opelika. Baxley pract... Read more
By Steve Flowers Sometimes the best thing that the legislature can do in a session is to pass very little legislation. That can be said of this year’s regular legislative session, which ende... Read more
By Shay Shelnutt In spite of the controversies swirling around Governor Robert Bentley, Legislators in the Senate and House worked hard to pass legislation that will move Alabama forward dur... Read more
For the past five or six years the legislature has pretty much cut state government to the bone. One of the areas that legislators have taken an ax to are Alabama’s cultural heritage agencie... 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 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
From staff reports MONTGOMERY — Alabama parents: do you have a May baby on the way? If so, you could be one of 31 winners selected at random to receive $529 in a new account with Colle... 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 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