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INSIDE THE STATEHOUSE By Steve Flowers The GOP takeover of the U.S. Senate has a silver lining for Alabama. We came out like gangbusters...
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- Elections
- Governor
Gov. Ivey signs bill requiring English proficiency for truck drivers
Alabama reacts to governor sparing death row inmate Sonny Burton
Ivey commutes Burton death sentence over unequal punishment
Gov. Ivey’s summer internship program deadline is approaching
Gov. Ivey signs the Devinee Rooney and John Wesley Holt Safe Streets Act
- Legislature
Senate passes bill expanding Public Service Commission, freezing power rate increases
Alabama Senate passes bill to rein in data center tax incentives
Alabama Senate foregoes prison oversight bill in favor of pilot program
Alabama bill aims to let professors profit from research
Alabama House passes $10.9 billion education budget
- Economy
Alabama Senate passes bill to rein in data center tax incentives
Bill to pause new solar developments advances to Alabama Senate for vote
Lockheed Martin to invest in Pike County production facility
Hadrian to partner with Navy on northwest Alabama defense project
Retail giant expands baby departments, adds products at Alabama stores
- National
Hadrian to partner with Navy on northwest Alabama defense project
Sen. Britt celebrates former BSC campus chosen as new USCG training center
Navy to open major defense industrial facility in Alabama
Senate passes bill to protect online privacy for young users
Rep. Sewell votes for Iran War Powers Resolution
- Education
Alabama bill aims to let professors profit from research
Alabama House passes $10.9 billion education budget
Lawmakers review Education Trust Fund as reserves decline
Bill to restrict discussion of contraceptives in sex ed faces pushback in public hearing
Opinion | A decade of strengthening public schools through educational choice
- Health
UAB Hospital now fifth-largest in the nation
Children’s of Alabama to host giveback night at Walk-Ons Sports Bistreux
ADPH reports downturns in healthcare-associated infection rates
Bill to eliminate out-of-pocket costs for breast cancer screenings heads to Ivey’s desk
House passes bill to allocate $43.1 million in opioid settlement funds
- Opinion
Opinion | Alabama is about to be hijacked by California and China
Opinion | The things we leave behind
Opinion | A party like it’s 1986
Opinion | A decade of strengthening public schools through educational choice
Opinion | Political parties never win when they protect power instead of listening to voters
Steve Flowers stories
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INSIDE THE STATEHOUSE By Steve Flowers The 2014 elections were quite uneventful. The seven statewide constitutional offices were all retained by Republicans. In fact,...
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INSIDE THE STATEHOUSE By Steve Flowers This was probably one of the dullest and least interesting gubernatorial election years in memory. It stemmed from...
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INSIDE THE STATEHOUSE By Steve Flowers The 2014 General Election is Tuesday. It is set to be uneventful. I predicted over a year ago...
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INSIDE THE STATEHOUSE By Steve Flowers This year’s state primary elections have brought very little drama or surprises. However, there have been the inevitable...
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INSIDE THE STATEHOUSE By Steve Flowers Old Fob James had an unusual political personality. When he was out of the Governor’s office he showed...
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INSIDE THE STATEHOUSE By Steve Flowers When Guy Hunt won the Governor’s race over Bill Baxley in 1986 it was well publicized that he...
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INSIDE THE STATEHOUSE By Steve Flowers When Guy Hunt took office as the first Republican governor in January of 1987 not much was expected...
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INSIDE THE STATEHOUSE By Steve Flowers As George Wallace presumably faded into the sunset, Fob James took the reigns of Alabama state government in...
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INSIDE THE STATEHOUSE By Steve Flowers Upon Lurleen Wallace’s death in May of 1968, Lt. Governor Albert Brewer moved up to Governor. Brewer was...