Editor’s Note: This is an opinion column. By Steve Flowers, Inside the Statehouse Our senior senator, Richard Shelby, will be remembered as Alabama’s most prominent senator when he retires... Read more
Editor’s Note: This is an opinion column. By Steve Flowers, Inside the Statehouse The problem of overcrowded prisons is a dilemma that has been facing Alabama for close to a decade. I... Read more
Editor’s Note: This is an opinion column By Steve Flowers, Inside the Statehouse HUNTSVILLE — Our senior senator, Richard Shelby, has left an indelible legacy and imprint on our state.... Read more
Editor’s Note: This is an opinion column By Steve Flowers, Inside the Statehouse HUNTSVILLE — Huntsville has rocketed past Birmingham as Alabama’s largest city. It is not named the Roc... Read more
By Steve Flowers, commentary We are all looking forward to next year’s gigantic political cavalcade. The 2022 elections in Alabama will be momentous. We will have an open U.S. Senate seat... Read more
By Steve Flowers, Inside the Statehouse commentary The 2021 Legislative Session is in the books. I would rate it a success. When you pass budgets that are balanced, any session is a success... Read more
By Steve Flowers A good many of you enjoyed the George Wallace story I shared with you a few weeks ago. Allow me to reminisce and share two more funny Wallace-era stories. I became acquainte... Read more
By Steve Flowers, commentary When Senator Richard Shelby announced he would not run for reelection to a sixth six-year term in 2022, speculation immediately began as to who would run for our... Read more
By Steve Flowers MONTGOMERY — All signs point to a Titanic political year in 2022. In fact, as I look back over the last six decades of my observations of Alabama politics, next year may be... Read more
By Steve Flowers The Legislature is at the midway point of the 2021 Regular Legislative Session. They have used 15 days of their allotted 30-day legislative session. The Senate has been con... Read more
