October 28, 2015
Last week, we speculated on the 2016 U.S. Senate Races. However, the most pressing political event on the radar is next year’s presidential contest.…
October 21, 2015
There have been monumental budget battles in Washington and Montgomery this year. The big difference is that the State of Alabama has a…
October 14, 2015
Many of you liked last week’s column detailing our Senior Senator Richard Shelby’s ascent to the U.S. Senate in 1986. Sen. Shelby has represented us…
October 07, 2015
In 1986 Richard Shelby was a 50-year-old congressman from Tuscaloosa. He was elected to congress eight years earlier, after two successful four-year…
September 30, 2015
The State of Alabama fiscal year begins this week and we finally have a budget for the year. Constitutionally, the only mandatory requirement that…
September 23, 2015
This first year of the quadrennium has been an interesting mix of politics in the Heart of Dixie. At the heart of the news and interest has been the…
September 16, 2015
When Jim Bennett left the Secretary of State’s office earlier this year, he set the record for the longest serving Secretary of State in the state’s…
September 09, 2015
Shelby County, Alabama sits in the geographic center of the state and is the birthplace and childhood home of Gov. Robert Bentley. It is also…
September 02, 2015
It is common knowledge that the Indian casinos in Alabama and throughout the country are granted federal sovereignty and are not subject to state…
August 26, 2015
Many would argue, and indeed numerous surveys indicate, that Alabama is one of, if not the most, conservative states in America. I would argue that…