Tag: Tommy Battle
Steve Flowers: Sorting out ‘unforeseens’ in Alabama Governor’s race
Those of us who follow Alabama politics had circled June 6, 2017, as the beginning of the 2018 governor’s race.
However, we did not foresee...
Steve Flowers: Looking at the thoroughbreds in governor’s derby
The race for our open U.S. Senate seat will be the marquee political event for the remainder of this year. It will be a...
Tommy Battles launches first campaign ad for gubernatorial run
Republican gubernatorial nominee Tommy Battle released his first campaign ad in conjunction with announcing his gubernatorial run on Friday.
The 2-minute ad, titled "Battle for Alabama," is an introduction...
Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle announces gubernatorial run
For the past eight and half years, Tommy Battle has served the people of Huntsville, Ala. as the city's mayor.
Now the former city councilor-turned mayor looks to...
Alabama’s ‘Big 5’ mayors lay out agenda for state lawmakers
When the mayors from Alabama’s five largest cities formed an alliance in 2014, they knew there was power in numbers when it came to creating a...
Aerojet Rocketdyne to build AR1 rocket engine, add 800 Alabama jobs...
Aerojet Rocketdyne announced plans Monday to expand its presence in Huntsville with a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility for the company’s AR1 rocket engine and...
Steve Flowers: Handicapping Democrats for 2018 governor’s race
Last week, we handicapped some of the potential horses in the upcoming 2018 Governor’s Race. We mentioned Judge Roy Moore, PSC President Twinkle Cavanaugh,...
Steve Flowers: For 2018 governor’s derby, a cavalcade of characters
We are on the cusp of one of the best political years in modern political history in the Heart of Dixie. Prior to the...
Steve Flowers: Alabama will do just fine under Donald Trump
Alabama is going to fare wall under President Donald Trump. There is an old adage that says, “Those that bake the pie get to eat...
Alabama’s only seat on TVA board in jeopardy by Jeff Sessions’...
Alabama is represented by only a single seat on the Tennessee Valley Authority board -- Joe Ritch, a Huntsville attorney.
But Ritch's TVA board seat...
