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  • Friday, May 18 2012 7:20 PM EDT2012-05-18 23:20:53 GMT
    If you text and drive it's a matter of WHEN and not IF you will be involved in an accident. The odds are stacked against you when your eyes and hands are more focused on your cell phone than they are
    If you text and drive it's a matter of WHEN and not IF you will be involved in an accident.  The odds are stacked against you when your eyes and hands are more focused on your cell phone than they are the other motorists on the roadways.

  • Tuesday, May 15 2012 7:20 PM EDT2012-05-15 23:20:31 GMT
    On our editorial suggesting that the governor raise taxes to fund Medicaid, we received these comments: "If the budget is passed at this severely cut rate, the shortage of physicians, hospitals, and clinics
    On our editorial suggesting that the governor raise taxes to fund Medicaid, we received these comments:

  • Tuesday, May 1 2012 7:20 PM EDT2012-05-01 23:20:35 GMT
    If your commute includes I-85 in the mornings I'm sure you've noticed men alongside the roadways picking up trash and road debris and thought to yourself "who would want to do that?"
    If your commute includes I-85 in the mornings I'm sure you've noticed men alongside the roadways picking up trash and road debris and thought to yourself "who would want to do that?"

  • Friday, April 20 2012 7:20 PM EDT2012-04-20 23:20:42 GMT
    For the next sixty seconds I want you to give yourself permission to push pause on whatever you are doing and listen and reflect for a moment. I did this recently after reading an article titled "Top five

  • Wednesday, April 18 2012 7:27 PM EDT2012-04-18 23:27:31 GMT
    Representative Christopher John England (Tuscaloosa) has sponsored a bill in the Alabama legislature that would allow convicted felons of drug crimes to receive food stamps under certain circumstances.

MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - Change is in the air.  The winter chill is all but a memory with warm spring winds and pollen returning with vigor. 

This year in Alabama we have seen significant change in our Alabama Constitutional Offices for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, State Treasurer and State Commissioner of Agriculture.  The U.S. Congress has two new members representing Alabama's District 2 and District 7.  In our State Legislature the House of Representatives has 33 new faces and in the State Senate, 16 new members have been sworn in.  We urge and will hold accountable all newly elected and re-elected officials to follow through on their promises of positive change. 

Change for the sake of change does not serve anyone well.  But, change backed with sound strategy and deliberation with a focus on moving ideas forward and accelerating progress are the types of change we all need, must demand and support. 

Change is not easy, but those things in life that are we hold the dearest are those things we fought the hardest for. 

I look forward to being a part of the positive change in Central and South Alabama in the years to come as I serve as the new Vice President General Manager of WSFA 12 News. 

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