By Slade Blackwell With the next legislative session about a month away, discussions have focused heavily on the budgetary challenges facing our state. One of our two major state budgets, th... Read more
By Steve Flowers The most pressing problem facing the governor and legislature as they enter this new quadrennium is the financial shortfall in the general fund budget. Last year Gov. Robert... Read more
From staff reports MONTGOMERY — The Senate Committee on Assignments has announced that Sen. Shay Shelnutt, R-Trussville, has been appointed to serve on the Banking and Insurance, Confi... Read more
By Steve Flowers Robert Bentley was inaugurated last Monday as our governor for the second time. He and his lovely wife, Diane, are good people. When you get to be my age, four years goes by... Read more
By Gary Lloyd MONTGOMERY — Alabama House of Representatives District 44 Rep. Danny Garrett has landed on the committees he wanted. Garrett said he’s been assigned to the Education Ways... Read more
By Steve Flowers Throughout Alabama political history, certain cities, counties and enclaves have had a proclivity for having an inordinate number of their citizenry serve in Alabama politic... Read more
By Danny Garrett Happy New Year. By the time you read this article, the State Legislature will have held its organizational session Jan. 13-14. When my fellow lawmakers and I gather in Montg... Read more
By Slade Blackwell On March 3, the Alabama Legislature will meet for the first regular session of the new four-year quadrennium. While many Alabamians may be familiar with some of the bigger... Read more
By Steve Flowers During the 2010 governor’s race, I continuously made the statement that whomever won would be a one-term governor. My prophecy was based on the fact that the state was flat... Read more