September 18, 2008 RSS feed / Editorials

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How many can government bail out?

Not too long ago, I changed my life insurance over to AIG (American International Group). It seemed like a good thing to do. AIG is a huge company and had a good reputation in the insurance and financial business. More...

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Clarke-Mobile Gas a real asset for region

Clarke-Mobile Counties Gas District recently issued over $1.1 million in franchise fee payments to its owner municipalities— Jackson, Grove Hill and Thomasville. Each municipality received a check for $378,958.17. More...

YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS NATIONAL • STATE • LOCAL

President George W. Bush, The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washing-ton, D.C., 20510, Ph. 202-456-1414. U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby, 110 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20510, Ph. 202-224-5744. E-mail: senator@ shelby.senate. More...

Democratic state senators have 43 aides

It was reported this week that 12 of the 22 Alabama senators who run under the Democratic label, employ 43 individuals to provide various chores such as driving, and working on constituent affairs while the 13 senators who are Republicans, share on More...

Defense dept. gives up on tanker contract

In a stunning announcement last week, the Department of Defense (DoD) notified Congress and the two competing contractors, Northrop Grumman and Boeing, that it was terminating the U.S. Air Force tanker replacement competition. More...