Craig Ford

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Craig Ford - Paul Lee is the one who should be ashamed

September 25, 2015

It would be an understatement to say that this year has been an odd one for Alabama politics. But nothing surprised me more than when Rep. P...

Craig Ford - State Republicans still don’t solve the budget crisis

September 18, 2015

In a special legislative session where their options were to either raise taxes, cut services or raid education, the Republicans in the A...

Craig Ford - Ford introduces legislation to protect school chaplains

September 11, 2015

College football has finally started back, and it couldn’t have come soon enough! Football is a way of life here in Alabama. Only family a...

Craig Ford - Legislature shouldn't waste another chance to pass lottery

September 4, 2015

There aren’t a whole lot of good things anyone can say about what’s been going on in Montgomery lately. The legislature has failed to pass a...

Craig Ford -Time for state leaders to prove that life matters

August 28, 2015

Last week, Lt. Gov. Kay Ivey wrote an article entitled “Life Matters” in response to the recent Planned Parenthood videos. Like Lt. Gov. Ive...

Craig Ford - A new school year is starting, but it should be starting later

August 21, 2015

Remember when school didn’t start until after Labor Day? Over the last few weeks, students across Alabama have started a new school year...

Craig Ford - A path forward

August 14, 2015

It isn’t often that legislators in Montgomery are universally in agreement on anything. But this week it happened, twice. First, legislators...

Craig Ford - Republican legislators need to stop blaming Democrats and start leading

August 7, 2015

The wheels have come off the bus in Montgomery. That’s the only way to describe what’s happening in our state legislature. Now more than ever is the tim...

Craig Ford - Robbing our children is not the answer

July 31, 2015

The crisis in the General Fund budget has dominated lawmakers’ focus this year, and for good reason. But one proposed solution continuing to c...

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