Political potpourri
The 2024 candidates for some open state judicial posts have been stirring around all year, and also candidates for next year’s local elections.
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Steve Flowers is Alabama’s leading political columnist. His weekly column appears in over 60 Alabama newspapers. He served 16 years in the state legislature. Steve may be reached at www.steveflowers.us.
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See recent postsThe Alabama Community College System
More than 155,000 students are served by Alabama’s community colleges.
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See recent postsDr. Wayne Flynt’s Afternoons with Harper Lee
The book is part memoir and part biography. It truly tells the intimate story of legendary author Harper Lee.
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See recent postsGirls State has had a profound effect on current state leaders
The prominence Boys State has played is immense. But Girls State may well be eclipsing the boys in this generation.
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See recent postsWomen in Alabama politics
Alabama was electing women to statewide offices many years before other so-called progressive states.
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See recent postsAlabama’s first woman governor: Lurleen Wallace
It was 55 years ago in May 1968 that Alabama's first female governor, Lurleen Wallace, passed away.
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See recent postsDr. David Bronner celebrates fifty years as CEO of RSA
David Bronner has marked his place in Alabama governmental history.
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See recent postsJabo Waggoner: an Alabama political icon
It would take a book to chronicle his legislative accomplishments and good deeds.
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See recent postsAlabama has a host of outstanding political leaders under 45
We have a generation of young political leaders arriving on the scene in Alabama.
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See recent postsOur national debt is unsustainable
The United States cannot continue down this path of spending ourselves into oblivion.