Alabama Scene
Pay request conflicts with study results
      The timing could not have been much worse. Only hours after an in-depth survey indicated Alabama high school graduates were woefully unprepared for college…a terrible indictment of school teachers…the Alabama Education Association announced it would seek a “significant” pay raise for teachers in th...
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From The Nethermost
Making it through first Communion with grandson
      I heard their mother telling my son. “You guys ought to take the boys to the Christmas Eve services.” I looked up. “Services?” Their grandmother joined her, “You all go to the services and we’ll have Christmas Eve dinner on the table when you get back.
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Congress Reports
Congressman honored to serve area in Washington
      As we celebrate this special time of the year — and look forward to the promises of the coming New Year — allow me to extend my very best wishes - and those of my family and staff — to all of you for a very happy, healthy, and safe holiday season. In just a few days, the 110th Congress will conven...
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Inside the Statehouse
State Senate control, junior college scandal to be big news of 2007
      As the year 2006 comes to a close let's reminisce about what happened politically in our state. This being an election year the races for governor and other statewide contests were the big story. However, the election was almost preempted by the Don Siegelman corruption conviction. Siegelman's tria...
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