October 27, 2011

There was never a more ruthless, cutthroat, no holds barred man to sit in the Oval Office than Lyndon Johnson. His biographer, Robert Caro, describes…


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October 20, 2011

The prodigious 2011 Regular Legislative Session not only saw sweeping conservative fiscal changes to state government, the new Republican led…


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October 12, 2011

The 2011 Legislative Session has been in the books over four months and the 2012 Session begins in just under four months. The dust has now settled…


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October 06, 2011

As the last minutes ticked away on the 2011 Legislative Session last June the last major bills were getting final approval. In the waning hours the…


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September 29, 2011

Alabama’s new fiscal year begins October 1. Unlike most states we have two operating budgets. We, of course, have a general fund budget, but we also…


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September 22, 2011

The 2011 Legislative Session yielded an avalanche of socially conservative legislation. Paramount on the list was a sweeping new law cracking down on…


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September 15, 2011

The much publicized sensational gambling trial which ended in August will be played out again in January. The first trial ended with the jury finding…


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September 08, 2011

I hope you enjoyed your Labor Day. Historically this uniquely American holiday, which heralds the end of summer and beginning of fall, also marks the…


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September 01, 2011

As we approach Labor Day many of you will look forward to cookouts and the last hurrah of summer activities and celebrations. Historically Labor Day…


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August 26, 2011

Last week I chronicled the amazing transformation of the makeup of our congressional delegation over the last 50 years. In 1961 all eleven of our…


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