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.…
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…