As the 2021 Regular Legislative Session looms, the 800-pound gorilla in the room is the prison issue. The situation has grown more dire and im…
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The year 1948 was an interesting and momentous year in southern politics. World War II had just ended. The King of American politics, Franklin…
The 1960 Presidential Race between Richard Nixon and John Kennedy is considered by many political historians to be a landmark presidential con…
BY STEVE FLOWERS The field is set for the November General Election and more than likely the races were decided on July 14. We had some good races including the race for our junior U.S. Senate seat as well as two open Congressional seats. Tommy Tuberville won an impressive 60-40 victory over Jeff Sessions in […]
BY STEVE FLOWERS The U.S. Senate runoff between former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville and former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions was put on hold by the coronavirus.â¯The original primary on March 3 had Tuberville and Sessions in a dead heat.â¯The runoff was scheduled for March 31.â¯However, the pandemic shutdown placed a freeze on everything […]
BY STEVE FLOWERS The legendary Speaker of the U.S. House, Sam Rayburn, coined a famous phrase he used often and imparted to young congressmen when they would arrive on Capitol Hill full of vim and vigor. He would sit down with them and invite them to have a bourbon and branch water with him.â¯The old […]
BY STEVE FLOWERS The legislature meets in regular session every year for three and a half months. However, an extraordinary special session can be called by the governor if he/she deems there is a dire emergency in the state government that needs addressing. This provision in the Constitution gives the governor inherent advantage in a special session. The […]
BY STEVE FLOWERS Last week I discussed Alabama’s outstanding leaders in the political arena.â¯This week allow me to share with you some of the state’s leaders under 45 who are shaping and molding our state from outside the actual pit of the political arena. The most prominent political power in the under–45 category, who is […]
BY STEVE FLOWERS We have a great race for the U.S. Senate. When the votes from the first primary were counted Jeff Sessions and Tommy Tuberville were in a virtual tie at 32% and 33%, respectively.⯠Mobile-Baldwin Congressman Bradley Byrne garnered 25% of the vote which is significant and Judge Roy Moore’s 7% is nothing to sneeze […]
