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Many House contemporaries are good friends, guys
One of my most cherished lifetime memories is the almost two decades I served in the Alabama House of Representatives. It was because of the ...
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Jabo, like many in legislature, is loyal to the state
A few Friday nights ago, a large throng of people gathered at The Club in Birmingham despite a torrential thunderstorm. The event was called Jubilee ...
by Steve Flowers, Wednesday, June 15, 2016 12:01 am
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Eating lunch with Wallace was a highlight for me
While observing the legislature the other day, I fondly remembered a very eventful day as a youth. As a teenager, I grew up working at ...
by Steve Flowers, Wednesday, June 8, 2016 12:01 am
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Sometimes the state legislature needs to do a lot less
Sometimes the best thing that the legislature can do in a session is to pass very little legislation. That can be said of this year’s ...
by Steve Flowers, Monday, June 6, 2016 11:03 am
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Hooper was a fine gentleman, lawyer, jurist for state
A few weeks ago, former Alabama Chief Justice Perry O. Hooper Sr. died at his home in Montgomery at age 91. He was the epitome ...
by Steve Flowers, Wednesday, May 25, 2016 12:01 am
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One vote can make a difference in legislative session
Last week, we talked about how difficult it is to win passage of a legislative act. It does not matter if the proposed legislation is ...
by Steve Flowers, Wednesday, May 18, 2016 12:00 am
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Alabama’s heritage agencies are being given the axe
For the past five or six years, the legislature has pretty much cut state government to the bone. One of the areas that legislators have ...
by Steve Flowers, Wednesday, May 11, 2016 12:01 am
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Cherry blossoms in D.C. brings beauty, memories
At this time of year, Washington, D.C. is a beautiful place to visit. The city is aglow with the blooming of the cherry blossom trees. ...
by Steve Flowers, Wednesday, May 4, 2016 12:01 am
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Alabamians need to vote on lottery in November
As the budget hearings began for the 2016 Legislative Session in January, the largest Powerball lottery sweepstakes in American history was playing out. It was ...
by Steve Flowers, Wednesday, April 27, 2016 12:01 am
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Legislature is going through déja vu all over again
Some of you may have seen and remember the movie, “Groundhog Day,” starring Bill Murray. In the comedy, Murray awakens on Groundhog Day and has ...