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  • Tuesday, February 21 2012 7:20 PM EST2012-02-22 00:20:41 GMT
    Perception and reality are not always on the same page.  One would think lately with all the instances of violent crime in the River Region that we are living in a war zone.

  • Thursday, February 16 2012 7:20 PM EST2012-02-17 00:20:54 GMT
    An Alabama Senate Committee has approved proposed legislation to increase the fine for those involved in cockfighting from $50 to $6,000 with up to a year in jail. 

  • Feb 14, 2012 06:20 PM CST2012-02-15 01:27:51 GMT
    Right now lawmakers are dealing with the harsh reality of funding shortfalls for schools, state agencies and state programs.  If they continue to hold the line that taxes will not be raised...

  • Tuesday, February 7 2012 7:20 PM EST2012-02-08 00:20:26 GMT
    The 2012 Regular Session of the Alabama Legislature convenes this week with many an issue to tackle – most notably as mentioned in prior editorials - the $400 million dollar General Fund budget shortfall.

  • Friday, February 3 2012 3:49 PM EST2012-02-03 20:49:03 GMT
    If there's one thing Alabamians do well its support those in need – that is the mission of today's first ever Alabama Gives Day.

  • Tuesday, January 31 2012 7:20 PM EST2012-02-01 00:20:22 GMT
    I don't know about you, but every 111 years or so I like to dust things off a bit. This week's spring cleaning (knowing full and well we are still in winter) focuses on Article IV, Section 56 in the Alabama Constitution.

  • Friday, January 27 2012 7:20 PM EST2012-01-28 00:20:50 GMT
    More than 30,000 children were released early from school this week due to the storms that pushed through our area.

  • Tuesday, January 24 2012 7:20 PM EST2012-01-25 00:20:53 GMT
    The start of Alabama's 2013 fiscal year is a short seven months away with large issues to be dealt with.  How large – how about $400 million dollar large? 

  • Friday, January 20 2012 7:20 PM EST2012-01-21 00:20:24 GMT
    This weekend South Carolina voters will head to the poles to vote for their candidate of choice in the republican primary for President.  We in Alabama will have to wait until March 13th to cast our votes.

  • Wednesday, January 18 2012 1:40 PM EST2012-01-18 18:40:12 GMT
    For those that didn't know - before 1940, African Americans were barred from flying for the US military. In 1941, civil rights organizations exerted pressure that resulted in the formation of...

  • Thursday, January 12 2012 7:20 PM EST2012-01-13 00:20:38 GMT
    We've all had that downtown lunch meeting that ran just a little longer than expected. We finish up our good-byes and then walk briskly to our cars parked at a meter hoping that there's no ticket. Sometimes

  • Tuesday, January 10 2012 7:28 PM EST2012-01-11 00:28:54 GMT
    It's a great day to be an Alabamian. We fight hard in this state –whether it's demanding that BP do all that is necessary to clean up our Gulf and beaches, or the rebuilding of homes and lives following..

  • Friday, January 6 2012 7:20 PM EST2012-01-07 00:20:56 GMT
    Last year I editorialized passionately about the need to address and stop bullying focusing primarily on children and adolescents.

  • Wednesday, January 4 2012 8:49 AM EST2012-01-04 13:49:06 GMT
    Where did 2011 go?  For some it couldn't have ended soon enough and for others it went by way too fast.  Have you given thought to any resolutions for the New Year?

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