April 02, 2015
In recent years, the Republican Party has taken control of the legislatures in all of the southern states. Alabama’s legislature is overwhelmingly…
March 26, 2015
Our good doctor governor, Robert Bentley, has done a thorough physical exam on the state’s finances and his diagnosis is that the General Fund needs…
March 19, 2015
Alabama may be in the lower tier of the country in some categories but not when it comes to providing health insurance for children. In that one…
March 12, 2015
The Common Core education topic is not only a hot political issue in Alabama, it has become a political football nationwide and it appears to be a…
March 05, 2015
The first regular legislative session of the quadrennium has begun. Legislators have arrived in Montgomery for their three and a half month session…
February 26, 2015
The first legislative session of the quadrennium convenes next week. It is no secret that the state is broke. Fiscal problems left over from the…
February 19, 2015
The legislature and the governor are preparing for the first Regular Session of the quadrennium. The Session will begin March 3. Legislators need to…
February 12, 2015
As the legislature and governor prepare for the upcoming initial legislative session of the quadrennium, they are facing ominous and obvious…
February 05, 2015
The legislature completed their week long organizational session last month with very little fanfare or controversy. They will get to work on…
January 29, 2015
The most pressing problem facing the governor and legislature as they enter this new quadrennium is the financial shortfall in the General Fund…