There are very few Alabamians left who remember the 1950s story of Phenix City, Alabama. After World War II, a good many of the military s...

  Now more than ever, we need leaders – especially in the Alabama Senate where the lottery died last year – who will make the lottery a prio...

  This week, Governor Ivey made the tough decision to hold the special election for our U.S. Senator this summer instead of waiting until ne...

  The time is upon us. It comes every year like clockwork. It commenced February 7, 2017 this year. It will go until mid-May. The obstacle w...

  For the last six years, it has been my privilege to serve as Minority Leader in the Alabama House of Representatives. On Wednesday, I will...

  Folks, I have been observing and participating in the legislative process for over 50 years. Lest you think I am really old, I started pag...

  It was the Final Act of the Special Legislative Session Drama. Was it good? Was it bad? Was it in between? I don’t know, but I am truly gl...

  After nearly two decades of waiting, it seemed like the people of Alabama were finally going to get the chance to vote on a lottery.   O...

  The governor called the Alabama Legislature into a special legislative session this summer with two things in mind: pass a lottery and pas...

  What will this looming special legislative session bring? Will it bring fiscal solutions for Medicaid? Will it bring solutions for the hem...

  As anticipated, a special legislative session of the Alabama Legislature has been called by Gov. Robert Bentley. The session is set to beg...

  One of the most famous scriptures in the Bible says, “Pride goeth before destruction, and haughtiness before a fall.” That scripture kept ...

  Another legislative session has come and gone, and the Republican leadership in Montgomery has still not allowed lottery or casino legisla...

  What will this 2016 Alabama Legislative Session mean for the people of Alabama? This is a question that numerous citizens are asking. This...

  We need to leave behind the idolatry of ideology and get back to what our country was founded on: Putting aside differences and coming tog...

  There’s no doubt that momentum for the lottery is building in Alabama. A public opinion poll, paid for by the House and Senate Republican ...

  As discussed last week, several of the headline Alabama news stories of 2015 may also be the blockbusters of 2016. The Mike Hubbard trial ...

  If you've turned on a TV lately, you might have caught Senator Richard Shelby's latest TV ads featuring him driving a Ford Explore...

  As droves of Alabamians flooded into Tennessee, Georgia and Florida for a chance to win the $1.6 billion Powerball, it’s obvious the peopl...

  There aren’t a whole lot of good things anyone can say about what’s been going on in Montgomery lately. The legislature has failed to pass...