Alabama News

Davis, a U.S. congressman from Birmingham, said his plan is centered on a tax credit that will reward businesses for creating jobs.

The Alabama Senate approved a $1 billion package Thursday for road and bridge construction over the next decade that would be nearly twice the size of the federal stimulus funding Alabama received for highways.

More than 200 towns and cities will stage homecoming events and unveil historic markers in 2010 as part of the state's tourism promotional campaign for 2010 -- the "Year of Small Towns and Downtowns" -- Governor Bob Riley announced Tuesday.

Published: Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 5:13 a.m. Jasper farmer Dorman Grace has been traveling the state this week to kick off his Republican campaign for state agriculture commissioner.

Alabama Governor Bob Riley and Alabama Attorney General Troy King had a 1:45 face to face meeting this afternoon.

House Speaker Seth Hammett and House budget committee Chairman John Knight met with Gov.

State Rep. John Rogers says the University of Alabama at Birmingham has turned over to the FBI some documents related to programs he oversees.

One of two men involved in a car bombing at a home in Parrish was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison.

Identical water conservation bills cleared both chambers of the state Legislature on Wednesday, an overture designed to help the state in negotiating a deal with Florida and Alabama over water rights.

A total of 215 communities have signed up to be part of Alabama's new tourism promotion, the 'Great Alabama Homecoming.' Gov.

MONTGOMERY, Alabama - Gov. Bob Riley said he opposes a simple statewide referendum on whether to allow electronic bingo gambling because it could open the door to widespread gambling with only a majority vote of the Legislature.

Two large electronic bingo casinos that have been closed for more than a month are planning to stay that way even though a judge says Alabama's attorney general has legal authority over the governor's gambling task force.

The following is a full response from Governor Bob Riley's office on actions relating to Macon County's restraining order and a Birmingham judges ruling over Lowndes County.

This year is for you if you live in a small town in Alabama. The state is kicking off a tourism campaign called the "Year of Alabama Small Towns and Downtowns" on Tuesday with a ceremony in Montgomery.

Kenneth Kirk, international vice president for the Amalgamated Transit Union, said drivers voted 23-1 in favor of the contract.

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is visiting Alabama. Roberts will speak to law students at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa on Tuesday afternoon.

MONTGOMERY John Tyson, Jr., Commander of the Governor's Task Force on Illegal Gambling, today responded to a judge's temporary restraining order that prohibits state law enforcement officers in all but one county in Alabama from enforcing state laws against illegal gambling.

State Sen. Hinton Mitchem - a veteran of more than 30 years in the Legislature - said Monday that he will not seek re-election this year.

Alabama's attorney general has legal authority over the governor's antigambling task force and must take a position in court on its efforts to shut down electronic bingo casinos, a judge ruled on Monday.

Faron White, the 49-year-old former supervisor of the Decatur Organized Crime Unit is completing his sentence at a prison in Oakdale, La.