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Tag: Steve Flowers

Inside the Statehouse
September 18, 2022 by Southern Torch
Politics

Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers Those of us who served a long time in the legislature have a lot of stories.  I served 16 years from 1982 to 1998 from my home county…

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Inside the Statehouse
June 26, 2022 by Southern Torch
Politics

Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers During the waning days of the campaigns for Governor and U.S. Senator, I received an inordinate amount of correspondence lamenting the outrageous, demagogic, disingenuous, negative ads, especially on…

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Inside the Statehouse
April 29, 2022 by Southern Torch
Politics

Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers Over the years I have shared a lot of stories about Alabama’s colorful political figures. We have had some characters like Big Jim Folsom and George Wallace. Big…

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Inside the Statehouse
April 18, 2022 by Southern Torch
Politics

Inside the Statehouse

By Steve Flowers For several years  leading up to the 2010 Census count, the national projections were that Alabama would lose one of our seven congressional districts and drop to six.…

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Inside The Statehouse: Alabama's Budget Year Begins
October 1, 2020 by Southern Torch
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Inside The Statehouse: Alabama's Budget Year Begins

By Steve Flowers, Political Columnist MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The new fiscal year begins this week for the Alabama government. We have two budgets, a General Fund and an Education Budget.  Both…

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Inside The Statehouse with Steve Flowers
August 13, 2020 by Southern Torch
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Inside The Statehouse with Steve Flowers

By Steve Flowers, Political Columnist MONTGOMERY, Ala. — It has been a month since our mid-July GOP runoffs for the U.S. Senate and two open congressional seats.  Since then, numerous publications…

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Inside The Statehouse: The Field Is Set for November
July 23, 2020 by Southern Torch
Politics

Inside The Statehouse: The Field Is Set for November

By Steve Flowers, Political Columnist MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The field is set for the November General Election and more than likely the races were decided on July 14.  We had some…

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Inside The Statehouse: How Has Coronavirus Affected Alabama Politics?
June 25, 2020 by Southern Torch
Politics

Inside The Statehouse: How Has Coronavirus Affected Alabama Politics?

By Steve Flowers, Political Columnist PHOTO: Steve Flowers is Alabama’s leading political columnist.  His weekly column appears in over 60 Alabama newspapers.  He served 16 years in the state legislature.  She…

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