Showing posts with label Bill Poole. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bill Poole. Show all posts
Thursday, June 3, 2021

Steve Flowers: Inside the Statehouse - Gambling left on the table

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  The 2021 Alabama Legislative Session is in the books. I would rate it a success. When you pass budgets that are balanced, any session is a...
Wednesday, May 6, 2020

Steve Flowers: Inside the Statehouse - Budgets are priority for this legislative session

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  The 2020 Alabama Legislative Session has resumed after a six-week hiatus due to the coronavirus shutdown of the state and the nation. The ...
Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Steve Flowers: Inside the Statehouse - Alabama has some outstanding political leaders under 45

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  Many of you have lamented to me that it appears all or most of our state political leaders are older folks. At first glance, that appears ...
Wednesday, July 3, 2019

Steve Flowers: Inside the Statehouse - Legislative session for most part successful, especially for Governor Ivey

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  The 2019 Alabama Legislative Session was one of the most controversial yet productive sessions in memory.   Governor Kay Ivey’s first se...
Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Steve Flowers: Inside the Statehouse - Infrastructure package a huge achievement for Ivey and legislature

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  The five-day Special Legislative Session of the Alabama Legislature that addressed the increase in the gas tax to fund an Infrastructure R...
Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Steve Flowers: Inside the Statehouse - After Richard Shelby

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  Our senior U.S. Senator, Richard Shelby, turns 85 this week. In March, he reached another milestone – he surpassed Sen. John Sparkman as t...
Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Steve Flowers: Inside the State House - Other legislative issues

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  There is no question that Gov. Kay Ivey’s infrastructure/gas tax program was the cornerstone issue of this legislative session. This monum...
Monday, March 26, 2018

Taylor’s Top Four: Alabama Legislative review for week 11

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  The countdown is on! What’s happening as the session winds down? Read below to find out! 1. Gun bills might be finished for this session...
Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Steve Flowers: Inside the Statehouse: Short legislative session playing out, but campaigns are taking shape

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  The 2018 Alabama Legislative Session will be short and sweet. It is an election year. Historically, during the last year of a quadrennium,...
Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Steve Flowers: Inside the Statehouse: Tuscaloosa's political influence

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  A while back, during Dr. Robert Bentley’s tenure as governor, I wrote a column entitled, “They May as Well Move the Capitol to Tuscaloosa....
Friday, May 26, 2017

Craig Ford: It’s not about right-wing and left-wing - It’s about right and wrong

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  It would be easy to think nothing good has happened lately in the world of Alabama politics and that Montgomery is so mired in corruption ...
Sunday, May 22, 2016

Craig Ford: Expanding pre-K is a step in the right direction

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  With all the bad we see in our political news, it's good to know there is some good news out there, too!   These days, it’s easy to ...
Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Steve Flowers: Inside the Statehouse: Tuscaloosa and Wilcox Counties experience a surge in political clout

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  Throughout Alabama political history, certain cities, counties and enclaves have had a proclivity for having an inordinate number of their...