Mayor Tommy Battle and City Councilman Will Culver will lead a delegation to Washington, D.C., to speak with the deputy chief of the Justice Department's voting division and the analyst assigned to Huntsville's case.... More

Although federal antifraud laws and congressional rules already prohibit insider trading by members of Congress, no member has ever been prosecuted for it.... More

Whitson Morgan said Wednesday that he was withdrawing from the race. Incumbent board member Kenny Johnson and Angela Bates, a political newcomer, remain on the ballot.... More

Speaking at Birmingham's Wilkerson Middle School today, Bentley said teachers should not see this as an attack on public education.... More

The move is likely to mean Scrushy will be released to a halfway house later this year. Judge also says Scrushy is basically insolvent.... More

Jefferson County officials are trying to determine how much money is needed to clean up from Monday's tornado and say they could consider pulling money from the $60 million to $70 million they have for day-to-day operations.... More

Dale Strong and Wayne Parker will debate on Feb. 23 at the Huntsville Museum of Art.... More

The request is based on an appellate court throwing out two of the charges on which he was convicted.... More

If anything is clear in the storm-torn South, it is that tornadoes strike with random ferocity. They take what they will, even from the most cautious.... More

The mostly Republican delegation approved the president's broad message of teamwork, but weren't supportive of his policy proposals.... More