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Editorial: Truth about Medicaid expansion — More proof that Gov. Bentley is ‘out of step’ in Alabama
As a physician and Alabama’s governor, Robert Bentley shouldn’t need a reminder about how important Medicaid is to the state’s residents. Or does he?
May 22, 2013 |  0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Sen. President Pro Tem Del Marsh, R-Anniston, left, talks with Sen. Trip Pittman, R-Daphne, on the final day of the regular legislative session at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery. Photo: Dave Martin/The Associated Press
Editorial: Legislative lessons — Alabama’s 2013 session riddled with telling political signs
Five lessons from the recently concluded session of the Alabama Legislature.
May 21, 2013 |  0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Editorial: Dig deep and save lives
Though it would save lives, there’s no way — logistically or financially — to build enough underground storm shelters to protect everyone from tornadoes. But we can do better.
May 21, 2013 |  0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Editorial: Sloppiness at the IRS — Underpaid, overworked employees may be at center of controversy
The controversy over the IRS applying extra scrutiny to Tea Party groups seeking nonprofit status is a teachable moment. What precisely should be taught is a matter of perspective.
May 20, 2013 |  0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Editorial: Iraq’s latest bloody day
Like so many wars before it, the Iraq War must wait on sufficient time to pass — decades, or more — before its history is completely understood.
May 20, 2013 |  0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Editorial: Concern for the workers — Rep. Brooks is obscuring primary purpose for his comments
Late in the 19th and early in the 20th century, miners in the United States went on strike for better pay, shorter hours and safer working conditions. Mine owners brought in strikebreakers, men who were so desperate for work that they would risk their lives to reach the job and risk them again to do the work. Most of the strikebreakers were black.
May 17, 2013 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Editorial: Conservatives or radicals — Politics in Alabama could use prudence
Alabama politics has never had a shortage of self-proclaimed conservatives. Whether they had a “D” or an “R” behind their name, most office-seekers in the state self-apply the label “proud Alabama conservative.”
May 16, 2013 |  0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Editorial: Another bipartisan accomplishment
by The Anniston Star Editorial Board
May 16, 2013 |  0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Bipartisanship is not automatically a good thing, especially when it comes from the Alabama Legislature.
Editorial: Failing to protect
by The Anniston Star Editorial Board
May 16, 2013 |  0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Gen. Ray Odierno, the Army chief of staff, wrote a disturbing message Thursday. “Today ... the Army is failing in its efforts to combat sexual assault and sexual harassment,” he said. Obviously.
Editorial: The great unraveling — Credit Bentley for trying to slow the Alabama Accountability Act
by The Anniston Star Editorial Board
May 15, 2013 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Somebody finally found the emergency brake on Alabama’s school tax-credit monstrosity and gave it a good yank.
Editorial: The war that won’t end — Still waiting for serious negotiations between Alabama, Florida, Georgia
by The Anniston Star Editorial Board
May 15, 2013 |  0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
The tri-state water war began in 1990 when Georgia, Florida and Alabama could not resolve the question of how much water Georgia could take from lakes Lanier and Allatoona, which are federal reservoirs in the Peach State.
Editorial: Wrong number — It’s time to examine prosecutors’ sweeping powers to collect data
by The Anniston Star Editorial Board
May 14, 2013 |  0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Americans learned this week that the Department of Justice seized two month’s worth of phone records from Associated Press reporters in 2012. The reviews are in, and they are brutal.
Editorial: No, Legislature
by The Anniston Star Editorial Board
May 14, 2013 |  0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Study after study has stressed the importance of higher education for prosperity of the nation. Yet, state legislatures across the land have been cutting funding to colleges and universities.
Editorial: Bad decisions
by The Anniston Star Editorial Board
May 14, 2013 |  0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Drunk driving is a choice. It is a decision made, not an easy byproduct of workday Happy Hours or weekend drink specials at the local bar.
  • Editorial: Scrambling to the finish
    by The Anniston Star Editorial Board
    05.13.13 - 05:25 pm
  • Editorial: Strange bedfellows — On gun bill, they aren’t so strange after all
    by The Anniston Star Editorial Board
    05.10.13 - 05:34 pm
  • Editorial: Paying for lack of judgment
    by The Anniston Star Editorial Board
    05.09.13 - 05:10 pm
  • Editorial: Put down the smokes, kid
    by The Anniston Star Editorial Board
    05.09.13 - 05:09 pm
  • Editorial: Gratitude for a decision
    by The Anniston Star Editorial Board
    05.08.13 - 06:00 pm
  • Editorial: Applause, indeed
    by The Anniston Star Editorial Board
    05.08.13 - 05:59 pm

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