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Congress Reports As many of you know, earlier this year Congress passed an economic stimulus package designed to jumpstart our waning national economy. There has been some confusion as to who will receive the rebate checks and when they will arrive in the mail. More ...
Editor's Notes In the news this week is a story about a father who drowned his three young children in a hotel bathtub, apparently because he was having a spat with his estranged wife. After doing the horrible deed, the father called the front desk and told the clerk he had killed his children, ages 2, 4 and 6.... More ...
Read the Story... Why not here too? By Pete Johnson Let's talk about Cuba. We're not referring to the island country south of Florida. We're instead referring to a town in Missouri with a population of about 2,000 people. "In the early 1980s, this little town was much like small towns sprinkled throughout the Delta region," Dennis Roedemeier, the ... More ... Our Opinions Siegelman's back Former Gov. Don Siegelman arrived home to Birmingham Friday night, looking gaunt and tired and still dressed in what appeared to be prison garb. He has served nine months of a seven-year sentence in a Louisiana federal penitentiary. More ... April Fool? It may have been appropriate that Tuesday, April 1 marked the halfway point in the Alabama Legislature's regular session. Legislators have met for 15 days and have 15 to go. Not a whole lot has been accomplished in those 15 days. More ... Letter to the Editor 'Pay like the rest of us' Dear Editor, As a Clarke County taxpayer and the father of two children in our public schools in Grove Hill, I continue to be disturbed by the failure of Boise to pay its property taxes. As we all know, Boise was exempt for many years from paying most, if not all, of its property taxes. More ... |
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