June 11, 2015
As I was walking out of the Statehouse recently someone asked me, “Do you think we will have gambling in Alabama”. My response was simple. We…
June 04, 2015
We are in the final days of the first regular legislative session of the quadrennium. The session constitutionally has to end June 15. The governor…
May 28, 2015
This has been an eventful year. Thousands of tourists have flocked to Alabama to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery March…
May 21, 2015
The hallmark accomplishment of this year’s legislative session will be a comprehensive prison reform package. This legislation is the one long-term…
May 14, 2015
You would have to have been under a rock for the past six months to not have heard that the State General Fund has a shortfall and Gov. Robert…
May 07, 2015
There is an ominous cloud hanging over this legislative session. Last year the U.S. Supreme Court surprisingly agreed to hear a Hail Mary complaint…
April 30, 2015
Recently, at a forum I was asked the question, “Which governor made a difference in Alabama politics?” The question caught me off guard because I…
April 23, 2015
On a picture perfect sunny January day Governor Robert Bentley was sworn in for his second term as governor, along with all of the other…
April 16, 2015
As the world turns in Alabama politics, a lot has happened in the first three months of 2015. After Inauguration Day, a federal judge in Mobile ruled…
April 09, 2015
Alabama’s senior and premier political reporter, Phil Rawls, has retired. Phil spent 35 years reporting on Alabama politics for the Associated Press.…