Editor's Notes
Should Jackson look at city school system?
By Evan Carden SA Editor
      Part of the outcome of Monday's ACE committee meeting in Jackson indicated the need for one unified school, according to the long-term goals. For sometime now, there have been those in Jackson who would like to see a city school system, similar to what is in place in Thomasville.
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Congressional Report
New travel requirements for U.S. citizens
By Rep. Jo Bonner First Congressional District
      In an effort to strengthen border security, new travel requirements for United States citizens returning from any part of the Western Hemisphere went into effect earlier this year.
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Our Opinion
State Senate 'takes the cake'
      The Alabama State Senate really took the cake this session. No wait…they took everything but the cake but they would have probably gotten it, too, if they had thought about it! The fractured, uncompromising, unyielding, sometimes fighting (how can we forget Sen. Charles Bishop's infamous ...
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Some believe Siegelman, Scrushy sentences too harsh
By Bob Martin
      Political observers with whom I have talked this week believe recommended sentences of 30 years for Don Siegelman and 25 years for Richard Scrushy are above and beyond what is reasonable. Most point to the sentence of 30 months given Vice President Dick Cheney's top aide, Scooter Libby, as what wo...
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