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INSIDE THE STATEHOUSE By Steve Flowers You know the results of Tuesday’s primaries for our U.S. Senate seat. I had to go to press...
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Governor awards grants to help low-income residents become self-sufficient
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Britt, Tuberville fail to block Social Security Fairness Act
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Alabama exploring expanding Pre-K program to home-based settings
Vouchers reduce school funding without lowering fixed costs: EPI report
Google gives $1 million to Stillman Cybersecurity Clinic in memory of Dr. Kevin Harris
ACHE advances education, approves programs, addresses workforce gaps
Read Freely joins ACASH to talk about sex ed book bans
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PEEHIP board talks 2024 finances, “treacherous waters” ahead
White Lightning: Inside Alabama’s raw milk “secret society”
New billboard urges Medicaid expansion to save Alabama hospitals
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By Steve Flowers Inside the State House Folks we are getting down to the proverbial lick log in the much-anticipated vote for the open...
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By Steve Flowers Inside the State House There is a proven theory espoused by political scholars that has prevailed in southern political history for...
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INSIDE THE STATEHOUSE By Steve Flowers During my tenure in the legislature in the 1980’s and 1990’s, political party affiliation was not as pronounced...
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INSIDE THE STATEHOUSE by Steve Flowers As the horse race for our open US Senate seat heads down the stretch, let’s look at the...
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INSIDE THE STATEHOUSE by Steve Flowers The race for our open U.S. Senate seat is evolving. Folks, we are in a brief 33-day sprint...
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INSIDE THE STATEHOUSE by Steve Flowers As we take a mid-year look at Alabama politics, it has been an eventful first half of the...
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INSIDE THE STATEHOUSE by Steve Flowers In Alabama politics many times appointments to political offices filled by an acting governor have an adverse effect...
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INSIDE THE STATEHOUSE by Steve Flowers The much-anticipated 2018 election contests have been pushed back by about three months due to the unanticipated race...
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INSIDE THE STATEHOUSE by Steve Flowers Those of us who follow Alabama politics had circled June 6, 2017 as the beginning of the 2018...