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Courthouse annex
      At long last, the new courthouse annex is completed. A ribbon-cutting was held Monday to formally open the new $3.5 million twostory addition to the Clarke County Courthouse. County commissioners held their first meeting in a new commissioners and probate courtroom in the annex Monday. The new mee...
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What Others Say
Sentence questioned
      It is extremely disturbing that Don Siegelman, the former governor of Alabama, was hauled off to jail this week. There is reason to believe his prosecution may have been a political hit, intended to take out the state's most prominent Democrat, a serious charge that has not been adequately investi...
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View from Montgomery
A political hit?
Bob Martin
      Is the Don Siegelman conspiracy theory growing legs? As Alabama Congressman Artur Davis and the New York Times weigh in on seeking an investigation into the prosecution of former Gov.
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Congress Reports
Farm Bill important
Jo Bonner
      As the House returns to Washington this week, those of us on the House Agriculture Committee will continue working towards the new multi-year, omnibus bill that, among other things, addresses our nation's food supply and provides a safety net for farmers and ranchers.
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Precious memories
By Autumn Mott Calvert
      There are many who will walk in and out of the new drug store inThomasville unaware of all the memories they stand upon.
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Inside the Statehouse
Ready to explode
Steve Flowers
      As the year 2007 began the biggest story brewing was the unraveling and evolution of the gigantic junior college system corruption saga. It is still evolving and the mounting evidence portends that it is a tempest in a teapot ready to explode. The obvious pilfering and abuse are brazen.
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