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Combining state budgets not right answer

Rep. Craig Ford | Alabama House Minority Leader The crisis in the General Fund budget has dominated lawmakers’ ...

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Time for our country to get back to basics

After 239 years, you would think the tried, tested and established ways of governing would be settled. But ...

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Still room for bigger impact from Voting Rights Act

The Voting Rights Act at 50. The NAACP Legal Defense Fund at 75. Landmark Law that transformed America. ...

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Shelter’s adoptable dog program a success

The Humane Society of Central Alabama (HSCA) Adoptable Dog Program at the Selma Animal Shelter continues to be ...

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Do Alabama schools prepare youth for future?

If you’ve spent any amount of time around a young person lately, you’ve probably had a tough time ...

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Local Korean War veterans meet up

A few of the local Korean War veterans met Monday, July 20 at Jack’s on West Dallas Avenue. ...

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Bama Club gets tour of Alabama facilities

I had a chance Friday to tour the University of Alabama athletics department with the Dallas-Wilcox Bama Club, ...

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Element of surprise not welcome in session

By Craig Ford Ford is a Democrat from Gadsden and the Minority Leader in the Alabama House of ...

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Is changing bridges name right thing to do?

By Jospeh Rembert Joseph is the pastor of New Beginnings Christian Center Recently, my wife and I arrived ...

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Leadership being taught with real experience

Leadership! Leadership! All night long! Leadership! Leadership! All night long! The roof! The roof! The roof is on ...

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Broadband Internet critical for Alabama

If the statistics hold, seven out of ten people reading this article will be doing so on a ...

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Year of landmark decisions for Alabama

The week leading up to the Fourth of July had a lot of fireworks. In fact, my guess ...

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Governor turns his back on public education

What happens when you grab an electric fence? You get shocked.

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Medicaid funding too essential to be cut

I see numerous children with diabetes and endocrine diseases who are on Alabama Medicaid. In fact, I’m one ...

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Time for expansion of Medicaid in Alabama

A huge economic development project wants to come to Alabama. It’s just raring to come. It wants to ...

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