Alabama News
Griffith says Brooks more interested in national issues than district jobs, but Brooks says he got seats on key committees and helped win new rocket project for NASA.... More
Grass-roots activists in Mobile and Baldwin counties are calling for insurance companies to provide more information, more widely available coverage and lower rates for homeowners in south Alabama. Insurance companies will likely oppose such legislative efforts. And on the eve of the 2012 legislative session, which begins Tuesday, the prospects for significant changes to state insurance law remain uncertain.... More
Spending eternity near Bryant is not, on the open market, worth what we thought.... More
"To me, it’s the embodiment of public service," he said. "It touches everybody’s lives in one way or another."... More
A candidate for president of the Alabama Public Service Commission has filed an ethics complaint against her opponent, alleging state money is being used for political gain.... More
WASHINGTON - The chances that Shelby County's challenge to Voting Rights Act will make it to the U.S. Supreme Court have improved since the Justice Department announced it is rethinking its position in a similar North Carolina case. In a...... More
Elected officials are raising money after they get into office.... More
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Armistead said Hawk had "a long and documented history of supporting the Democratic Party" by supporting liberal political positions, helping recruit Democratic candidates and making contributions to the Democratic Party.... More
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate, debating legislation to ban insider trading by members of Congress, today adopted an amendment from Sen. Richard Shelby that would extend more robust personal financial disclosure rules to many employees in the executive branch.Sen. Richard...... More