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Steve Flowers

Andalusia’s reputation: Outstanding attorneys

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 ... Read more

by Steve Flowers, Wednesday, April 15, 2015 12:23 am

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Opinion: Charter schools will resegregate

In recent years, the Republican Party has taken control of the legislatures in all of the Southern states. Alabama’s legislature is overwhelmingly Republican. The GOP ... Read more

by Steve Flowers, Wednesday, April 1, 2015 12:00 am

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Has Bentley been to Damascus?

Our good doctor governor, Robert Bentley, has done a thorough physical exam on the state’s finances and his diagnosis is that the General Fund needs ... Read more

by Steve Flowers, Wednesday, March 25, 2015 12:00 am

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Common Core political hot potato

The Common Core education topic is not only a hot political issue in Alabama, it has become a political football nationwide and it appears to ... Read more

by Steve Flowers, Wednesday, March 11, 2015 3:24 pm

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Common Core debate splits party

he first regular legislative session of the quadrennium has begun. Legislators have arrived in Montgomery for their three-and-a-half month session and they will face a ... Read more

by Steve Flowers, Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:00 am

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We’ll see Bentley’s cards Tuesday

The first legislative session of the quadrennium convenes next week. It is no secret that the state is broke. Fiscal problems left over from the ... Read more

by Steve Flowers, Wednesday, February 25, 2015 12:00 am

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No more kicking can for Alabama

The legislature and the governor are preparing for the first Regular Session of the quadrennium. The session will begin March 3. Legislators need to arrive ... Read more

by Steve Flowers, Wednesday, February 18, 2015 12:27 am

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Rebellion has been costly for Alabama

As the legislature and governor prepare for the upcoming initial legislative session of the quadrennium, they are facing ominous and obvious problems. The General Fund ... Read more

by Steve Flowers, Wednesday, February 11, 2015 12:00 am

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No surprises in organizational session

The legislature completed its week-long organizational session last month with very little fanfare or controversy. They will get to work on substantive issues beginning with ... Read more

by Steve Flowers, Wednesday, February 4, 2015 12:00 am

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No lobbying, but let them eat steak?

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 ... Read more

by Steve Flowers, Wednesday, January 28, 2015 12:00 am

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