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(Column) Republican legislature posts conservative agenda

When Republicans finally took control of the Alabama Legislature in 2010, they put a conservative stamp on Alabama’s…

Opinion

(Ask the Doctors) Alopecia areata triggered by immune response

Dear Doctors: I am a healthy 23-year-old woman. I started noticing extra hairs in my brush, and then…

Opinion

(Dave Says) Unique situation, separate finances?

Dear Dave: My fiancé and I are getting married this year. We’re both in our 40s with kids,…

Columns

(Toni Says) Get ready … hurricane season starts June 1

Dear Toni: I am retired and have moved to North Carolina to help my mother and older brother,…

Opinion

(Dave Says) Making better decisions

Dave: I own a small business, and over the years we haven’t grown quite as much as I…

Columns

(Toni Says) Why did I have to sign a Medicare form in the ER?

Hello Toni: I have Original Medicare with a Supplement. In March, I was ambulanced to the emergency room…

Columns

(Ask the Doctors) ‘Dirty dozen’ lists produce to clean extra carefully

Dear Doctors: A vendor at our weekend farmers market was telling his customers about something called the “Dirty…

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(Sense and sensitivity) Friend seems to have changed after engagement

Dear Harriette: One of my friends is newly engaged! I was over the moon for her when I…

Columns

(Column) Addressing metro crime problem

You would have to be living under a rock to not be aware that two of our state’s…

Opinion

(Column) Attorney General’s race will be a good one in 2006

Folks, 2026 is shaping up as one of the best political years in memory in Alabama. The Governor’s,…