August 25, 2005 RSS feed / Editorials

Able Danger disclosure raises serious questions

Guest Column

The recent disclosure that a covert military intelligence unit code named Able Danger had information about four of the 9 More...

Four-laning 84 will help our area

Gov. Bob Riley, U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions, Congressman Jo Bonner, Alabama House Speaker Seth Hammett and others gathered in Monroeville last week to announce an $8.8 million appropriation to work on four-laning U.S. More...

Butts announces plans to retire from politics

Alabama Scene

The political career of Terry Butts, which has taken a lot of twists and turns, took another one a few days ago. Butts announced he would not seek any state office in 2006 and was retiring from politics to spend more time with his family. More...

Goodbye to smoke-filled rooms, secret sessions

Most of the time we hear what the Alabama Legislature doesn More...