Lawmakers approve tweaks to Alabama immigration law – Chicago Tribune
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Lawmakers approve tweaks to Alabama immigration law Chicago Tribune BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) – Alabama lawmakers passed a new bill to revise the state's controversial immigration law on Wednesday, hoping to fend off.. ..
Alabama Legislature approves education budget – Daily Comet
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Alabama Legislature approves education budget Daily Comet The Alabama Legislature approved a $5.4 billion education budget Wednesday night that would reduce spending for public schools and universities, but would not require.. ..
Alabama sisters sent to prison for roles in stolen identity refund fraud – WSFA
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Alabama sisters sent to prison for roles in stolen identity refund fraud WSFA More >> Seven demonstrators protesting against Alabama's toughest-in-the-nation immigration law were led away in handcuffs after they tr.. ..
Alabama legislature passes new immigration bill – CNN
Thursday, May 17, 2012
al.com Alabama legislature passes new immigration bill CNN (CNN) — Alabama lawmakers passed a new bill Wednesday aimed at improving the state's controversial immigration law, but critics said the new measure might make .. ..
Charges upgraded in Covington Co. home invasion
Thursday, May 17, 2012
The Alabama Senate has approved a $5.4 billion education budget that will reduce spending for public schools and universities, but doesn’t require any teacher layoffs or larger class sizes. ..
Alabama Legislature combines Labor, Industrial Relations departments
Thursday, May 17, 2012
The Alabama Legislature has passed a bill to combine the state Department of Labor with the Department of Industrial Relations. ..
Summary of action in Alabama Legislature
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Alabama First Lady Dianne Bentley made a special delivery to Phil Campbell on Wednesday. ..
Alabama Won’t Help Fiscally AiIing County – Wall Street Journal
Thursday, May 17, 2012
al.com (blog) Alabama Won't Help Fiscally AiIing County Wall Street Journal By KATY STECH And KELLY NOLAN Alabama lawmakers refused to throw struggling Jefferson County a financial lifeline with a bill that would have al.. ..
Alabama Families Join Thousands of Others to Vote on a National Family – MarketW..
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Alabama Families Join Thousands of Others to Vote on a National Family MarketWatch (press release) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 16, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) — “It's time for people who have not had a voice, not had oppo.. ..
Alabama’s Still a Hometown Band On a Spectacular Run
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Talk about staying power. When Alabama’s first No. 1 hit “Tennessee River” reached the top of the charts, America was watching Dallas on TV, Urban Cowboy at the movie theater and listening to Eddie Rabbitt sing “Drivin’ My L.. ..
Alabama Department of Transportation postpones closing of I-20/59 South in Besse..
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
ALDOT had planned to close on Thursday a nearly two-mile stretch of the interstate from Exit 110 to just north of the CSX railroad overpass. ..
Alabama, 43 states reach settlement over Shape-Ups – Hartselle Enquirer
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Alabama , 43 states reach settlement over Shape-Ups Hartselle Enquirer Attorney General Luther Strange announced that Alabama has joined 43 other states and the Federal Trade Commission in a settlement today with Skechers US.. ..
UFPI Purchases Alabama-Based Manufactured Housing Supplier – MarketWatch (press ..
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
UFPI Purchases Alabama -Based Manufactured Housing Supplier MarketWatch (press release) In addition to its Alabama facility, MSR has a plant in Waycross, Ga., which also is a part of the transaction. In 2011, MSR had annual .. ..
4 men charged for stealing artifacts from TVA
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ordered Alabama-based BM&L Trucking, LLC, affiliated company IDM Transportation, Inc. ..
Is Alabama’s serious flirtation with UGA QB recruit Brice Ramsey over? – Atlanta..
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog) Is Alabama's serious flirtation with UGA QB recruit Brice Ramsey over? Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog) Alabama's serious flirtations with UGA's prized QB recruit, Brice Ram.. ..
Alabama Senate begins immigration debate, pushes for vote about noon
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
The Alabama Senate this morning began debating changes to Alabama’s stringent immigration law following weeks of negotiations and demonstrations by protestors who want the law repealed. ..
Alabama gets 2013 ESPN 150 QB commit – ESPN (blog)
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Bleacher Report Alabama gets 2013 ESPN 150 QB commit ESPN (blog) Bateman, the sixth-ranked quarterback in the 2013 class, chose Alabama over Auburn, Florida, LSU and Washington and claimed over 50 offers. “The campus was awe.. ..
Federal agency shuts downs Alabama’s BM&L Trucking LLC
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
An Alabama trucking company has been been ordered to shut down by federal safety officials because of safety violations that posed a hazard to public safety. ..
BM&L trucking ordered to shut down
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ordered Alabama-based BM&L Trucking, LLC, affiliated company IDM Transportation, Inc. ..
Alabama senator’s child hospitalized on final day
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Republican state Sen. Shadrack McGill of Woodville missed the start of the Legislature’s final meeting day because his 7-year-old daughter was hospitalized. ..
Woman charged in ex-husband’s murder at boat landing
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Neither bad weather nor car accident nor even feeling bad could stop Gennesaret Sealy from attending school every single day, nor could they stop her brother before her. ..
Alabama Legislature holding final day of session
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Neither bad weather nor car accident nor even feeling bad could stop Gennesaret Sealy from attending school every single day, nor could they stop her brother before her. ..
News Minute: Here is the latest Alabama news from The Associated Press
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
The race-day use of an anti-bleeding drug is expected to come up for another round of discussion when the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission meets today. ..
Alabama Legislature faces last day of session without budgets
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
State lawmakers today start the last day of the regular session of the Legislature with both state budgets for next year unapproved and prisons or Medicaid maybe facing a huge drop in state funding. ..
Our View: Alabama Legislature faces failure on General Fund budget
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Today is Day 30 of a 30-day legislative session, and lawmakers somehow have managed to leave themselves a huge amount of work — topping the list are passing both state budgets and “tweaking” an overreaching immigration law .. ..
Tarrant to receive Alabama quality of life award
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
TARRANT, Alabama — Tarrant Mayor Loxcil Tuck will accept a Municipal Quality of Life award on Saturday for her city’s efforts in “Making Blight Right.” The Alabama League of Municipalities selected Tarrant for the award amo.. ..
4 Ala. men fined for stealing cultural artifacts
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
According to a news release from the TVA, Roger Fountain, Heath Dubois and John Bates pleaded guilty to violating the Archaeological Resource Protection Act for thefts at Pickwick Reservoir, on the Tennessee-Alabama border. ..
Joey Kennedy: Stop the immigration law rewrite before we get an even worse disas..
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Wednesday is the last day of the legislative session, and lawmakers are still dealing with a revision of HB56, the mean-spirited, draconian, anti-immigration law the Legislature foolishly passed last year. ..
Clock ticks for Alabama immigration law revisions
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Tomorrow is the last day of Alabama’s legislative session, and proposed changes to the state’s controversial immigration law are still up in the air. ..
ALDOT to close lanes for bridge maintenance
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Millions in tornado relief money is on the way to Jefferson County . The money will go to Pleasant Grove, Warrior, Fultondale, North Smithfield, Vestavia Hills and Concord. ..
Alabama Senate could raise bond fees, court costs
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Alabama is poised to make it more expensive to get out of jail and also more expensive for anyone convicted of a crime. ..
Editorial: Order in the court
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
The performance of the Alabama Legislature this session has been dismal, as the body has failed to address any of the chronic problems facing our state, or even mitigate the effect of the problems caused when it passed the n.. ..
Alabama Legislature unsure whether special session will be called Thursday
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
MONTGOMERY, Alabama – Gov. Robert Bentley is leaving Alabama legislators guessing about whether he will call them into special session a few hours after their regular session ends on Wednesday night. ..
15-year sentence in Alabama road rage stabbing
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
A Dallas County man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for a case of road rage that ended with a stabbing in a Selma grocery store. ..
Okla. court favors state in tax collection lawsuit
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the state can require cities to use the Oklahoma Tax Commission to collect city sales taxes. ..
Alabama news links: Pelham man charged with child rape; Jasper residents seeing ..
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Jasper police report possible black bear sightings in city — Jasper Daily Mountain Eagle As two Clay County school prepare to merge concerns over race and cheerleading emerge — Anniston Star Pell City board plans hearing o.. ..
Movie About Baseball Legend Filming in Alabama
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
A movie about baseball groundbreaker Jackie Robinson is filming in Birmingham this week. ..
New Program provides job training for older unemployed Alabama veterans
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Older unemployed veterans in Alabama may sign up for a new job training program called Veterans Retraining Assistance Program, announced today by the Alabama Department of Industrial Relations . ..
18,000 Ala. prisoners could go free
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
President Barack Obama is casting Mitt Romney as a greedy, job-killing corporate titan with little concern for the working class. ..
As population grows, so does influence in Montgomery for North Alabama
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Four additional lawmakers to represent parts of Madison, Limestone and Morgan counties will give North Alabama a stronger voice under proposed new legislative districts, area lawmakers say. ..
Bill would give panel the power to alter sentences
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
A 21-member commission could set punishment standards for nonviolent crimes that judges generally would have to follow, under a plan that will become law unless Gov. ..
Patchy fog early, then partly sunny today across North Alabama
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Today will start with patchy, dense fog before 10 a.m., then it will become partly sunny with a high of 78 degrees, according to the National Weather Service office in Huntsville. ..
Man pleads guilty to 1994 Rape case
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Decatur Police say a confession by a state inmate has closed an 18 year old rape investigation. ..
School start dates in limbo
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
With the back-and-forth between the House, Senate and governor now over, local school systems will soon be able to solidify plans for next year’s school calendar. ..
Alabamans waiting on home brewing decision
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Alabama beer lovers are pleased that the state Legislature passed a measure to allow beer to be sold in larger containers, but they’re still awaiting the fate of a measure to legalize home brewing. ..
Ala. beer lovers wait for action on brew bills
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Alabama beer lovers are pleased that the state Legislature passed a measure to allow beer to be sold in larger containers, but they’re still awaiting the fate of a measure to legalize home brewing. ..
Governor compliments Legislature and Redstone Arsenal, takes swipe at local sena..
Monday, May 14, 2012
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama — A “very optimistic” Gov. Robert Bentley touted a drop in the state’s unemployment rate and praised the Legislature – particularly the House – as he presented his annual “Alabama Update” Monday to the H.. ..
Current Alabama legislative session prepared to close
Monday, May 14, 2012
The House and Senate Chambers are expected to take a break from their regular sessions to consider legislative redistricting plans but are expected to finish thir work in a timely manner. ..
