Somewhere in the city, students look to Birmingham School Board members as -- oops -- role models... More

If the tax expires without more revenue being approved, Baldwin County schools will lose $30 million a year, Alan Lee, superintendent of education, said. A loss of $30 million annually would require the school system to make cuts including eliminating 421 jobs.... More

Symbols, in the end, are nothing more than people in hard places doing hard things in the hardest of times.... More

State Sen. Ben Brooks, R-Mobile (AP Photo/Dave Martin)MONTGOMERY, Ala. The Alabama Senate has approved a package of five bills that could bring insurance relief to homeowners in coastal Alabama.“This is real progress,” said state Sen. Ben Brooks, R-Mobile, a leading...... More

About 36 percent of the state's employees live and work in the River Region and talks of state layoffs has Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange backing a controversial plan to raise the "user fee" or tax on cigarettes by $1.... More

Legislative staff and lawmakers said it was the first time they could remember such a reprimand being handed down.... More

Former Alabama Gov. Bob Riley (AP Photo/Dave Martin)Former Alabama Gov. Bob Riley has a new job with with alliantgroup LP, a Houston-based financial services firm that helps companies secure state and federal tax incentives.Riley, 67, will be based in Alabama...... More

U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby, R-AL, will negotiate final details of the Restore Act, which could send billions of dollars to the Gulf Coast for restoration from the 2010 oil spill.... More

Voter turnout in Madison County was so low in Tuesday's runoff elections that more people voted at Owens Cross Roads City Hall than at Madison City Hall..... More

My good friend, Michael Calvert, likes to remind me the Alabama Constitution is the only one in the world that contains the words “pick up truck.”... More