Craig Ford

February 23, 2026

Craig Ford -House Speaker shouldn't be chosen behind closed doors

July 8, 2016

When former Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard was convicted on 12 felony counts of corruption, he wa...

Craig Ford: Pride, not people, that Gov. Bentley knows

June 24, 2016

One of the most famous scriptures in the Bible says, “Pride goeth before destruction, and haughtiness befor...

Craig Ford - Breaking the pattern of corruption in Alabama politics

June 17, 2016

We’ve all heard the famous saying, “power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” It’s really more than ju...

Craig Ford - Six Years Later And Still No Jobs

June 10, 2016

They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a dif...

Craig Ford - Do we honor our veterans?

June 3, 2016

As you celebrated Memorial Day this week, how did you take time to honor our veterans and, specifically, those...

Craig Ford - Expanding Pre-K is a step in the right direction

May 20, 2016

These days, it’s easy to think nothing good ever comes out of our government, especially here in Alabama. But for all the bad you hear...

Alabama families paying too much in taxes

April 27, 2012

For the 136 years that Alabama Democrats led our state, we had the lowest taxes in the nation. Even today, Alabama collects fewer dol...

Our children’s education should be a priority

May 4, 2012

What if you learned that the state had a program that could improve your child’s math and science skills so much, they could be a year ahea...

House Democrats still fighting (and winning) for people of Alabama

May 18, 2012

By State Rep. Craig Ford After the 2010 elections, there were many who said the Democratic Party was dead in Alabama. But this year, Democrats in the Alabama legislature have proven that we are al...

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