May 10, 2007 / Editorials

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It's time to end the double-dipping

Guest Column
<!-- Page Number: 4--> The long struggle for accountability and transparency in state government took a discouraging downturn recently when the Alabama State Board of Education failed to consider a proposal to ban politicians from holding jobs or More...

Senate puts politics aside and passes incentive bill

Alabama Scene
By Bob Ingram Syndicated Columnist

<!-- Page Number: 4--> If you are a baseball fan you could call it a walk-off home run…a bottom of the ninth inning home run which won the game. More...

All politics are local, especially taxes



<!-- Page Number: 21--> It has been said "all politics are local," for laws passed and decisions made on the national, state, county or municipal level always affect citizens locally. Taxes. More...

Area anxiously awaits news of mega steel mill

<!-- Page Number: 4--> At long last we will soon know whether Alabama's or Louisiana's super selling jobs and millions of incentives and other enticements were the most effective on the German steel manufacturer ThyssenKrupp. More...

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Undermining the principle of equal justice for all

Congressional Report
By Rep. Jo Bonner First Congressional District

<!-- Page Number: 4--> Last week, the House passed the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007, H.R. 1592, by a vote of 237-180. More...