It's time to end the double-dipping
Guest Column
By Gary Palmer Alabama Policy Institute
      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 contracts with state two-year colleges while also se...
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Area anxiously awaits news of mega steel mill
      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. The company's board will meet in Dusseldorf, Germany Friday to decide be...
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Senate puts politics aside and passes incentive bill
Alabama Scene
By Bob Ingram Syndicated Columnist
      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.
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Undermining the principle of equal justice for all
Congressional Report
By Rep. Jo Bonner First Congressional District
      Last week, the House passed the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007, H.R. 1592, by a vote of 237-180. This legislation would provide federal assistance to states, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes.
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All politics are local, especially taxes


      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. It seems that politicians love them and citizens hate them. Nobody wants to pay taxes, but if we are to have...
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