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Changing objectives of assistance

By Katherine Green Robertson Under the Obama Administration, “reforms” to federal assistance programs have simply increased the programs’ ...

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Where Congress falls short

By LEE HAMILTON At a public gathering the other day, someone asked me how I’d sum up my ...

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Rock star treatment really rocks

Editor’s note: Long-time Star-News employee Stephanie Nelson recently was named publisher of our sister paper, The Brewton Standard. ...

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Let people vote on lottery

By Rep. Craig Ford We are now more than two-thirds of the way through this year’s legislative session ...

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State ranks low in well-being

State ranks low in well-being For the sixth consecutive year, global well-being improvement leader Healthways and management consulting ...

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Beason must have own time machine

  In the 1985 movie classic, Back to the Future, Marty McFly was inadvertently sent back in time ...

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Dangers of a supermajority

By CRAIG FORD We’ve all heard the old saying that “absolute power corrupts absolutely.” There’s a lot of ...

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Silencing religious expression

By RICHARD GARRETT Within the last couple of weeks, federal judges in three conservative states have ruled that ...

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Let’s try saying ‘yes’ this time

Editor’s note: Florala Mayor Robert Williamson was unable to attend Thursday night’s Zoning Board meeting, but he sent ...

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Different views on dual enrollment

By CRAIG FORD Expanding dual enrollment has been a goal for both Democrats and Republicans in the state ...

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