State & Region News

Officials confirm tornado touchdowns in state

05-13-2008

TUSCUMBIA — Preliminary findings released Monday show at least two tornado touchdowns in north Alabama over the weekend, and authorities said a north Alabama man died when a huge tree limb was blown out of a tree and fell on his truck.

Rove offers to answer queries in writing

05-13-2008

WASHINGTON — A House Judiciary Committee deadline passed Monday with former White House adviser Karl Rove standing by his refusal to testify about allegations that he pushed the Justice Department to prosecute former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman.

Huckabee backs Cavanaugh in PSC race

05-13-2008

MONTGOMERY — Former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee on Monday threw his support behind an ex-state Republican Party official in her bid to become the next president of the Alabama Public Service Commission.

05-11-2008 Headlines

• State Senate to tackle education budget May 19

• No trial date a year after Fowler charged

• Some hospitals ban smoking in personal vehicles on campus

05-10-2008 Headlines

• State Legislature votes to raise unemployment benefits

• Riley vetoes bill mandating how to hire superintendents

• Preparation begins on new graduation rules

• Katrina-stricken states update House on spending

05-09-2008 Headlines

• Breakfast remembers incarcerated Alabama women this Mother’s Day

• 1 of 6 local bills passed state House Thursday

• Film incentives bill likely dead this session

• State school board changes Alabama graduation rules

• House raises amount of auto insurance

• Alabama Legislature summary

05-08-2008 Headlines

• Alabama House panel urges Bush to open travel to Cuba

• Bills restricting sex offenders near colleges likely to pass

• AEA giving up on bill against 'double dipping' ban

• UA, Alabama Shakespeare Festival partnership to end due to funds

• List of bills killed by Alabama Legislature

• Few immigration bills still have chance

05-07-2008 Headlines

• JSU’s Board of Trustees appoints new member

• JPA, Anniston scholarship bills in limbo in Legislature

• Legislature approves lean General Fund budget

• House votes to exempt rebate checks from Alabama taxes

• Senior citizen groups urge Legislature to remove grocery tax

05-06-2008 Headlines

• Bill in House makes changes to Landlord-Tenant Act

• Alabama lawmaker faces trial on fraud charge next month

• 'Double dipping' bill likely dead for year

• Time running out on bill to ban hallucinogenic salvia in Alabama

• Official: Dothan plant consideration nixed from VW

05-05-2008 Headlines

• Alabama's grocery tax removal snarled with another tax issue

• Decatur Daily wins AP news cooperation award

05-04-2008 Headlines

• Poor legislature performance may not bring change at polls

• University employee gets funds improperly

• Former president Carter to help build homes in Alabama

05-03-2008 Headlines

• Resolution asks Riley to remove state gas tax

• Pelosi wants to learn more about tanker project

• Replacement for McWhorter chosen

• Birmingham City Council rethinks free rides

• Holocaust survivors honored at Capitol

• Felon fights officers in Ozark courtroom

05-02-2008 Headlines

• Bill to recognize JPA pulled by local House delegation

• Anger over double-dipping bill threatens film industry measure

• Riley, Hammett ask Pelosi to accept tanker contract

• Boyd's teaching bill clears House

• House rejects effort to rewrite constitution

• Alabama Legislature OKs tax break for college savings

• Alabama dropout rate seen as threat to state's growth

• 3 doctors implicated in steroids probe

• Islam critic jailed on attempted arson

05-01-2008 Headlines

• State House committee considers JPA bill today

• House committee favors bill that would make stronger wines more available

• Alabama House passes $6.3 billion education budget

• Senate votes to give tax breaks to movies

• Senate votes to exempt stimulus from state tax

• Senate OKs state smoking ban bill

• Grocery tax repeal stalls in Alabama Senate: Republican senators oppose legislation

04-30-2008 Headlines

• Bills would make state conform to federal law

• Republicans plan to push for new voter ID law in Alabama

• Education budget remains tied up in House debate

04-29-2008 Headlines

• Interest groups protest Riley bid to raise offshore gas tax

04-28-2008 Headlines

• Environmental officials hope to see Alabama recycling more

04-27-2008 Headlines

• Stalled Senate could make work of House 'academic'

• High gas prices hit hard in rural Alabama

• Gag order approved in AU student slaying case

• Alabama's low tax reputation backed up by national study

• Man shot to death after fight in St. Clair County parking lot

04-26-2008 Headlines

• Court upholds death penalty in Alexandria murders

• Bill to remove Alabama tax from stimulus checks stalled

04-25-2008 Headlines

• Alabama film incentives bill clears House committee

• McCain camp got cheap rental discounts in Birmingham

• Police say teen 'fight club' staging brawls in DeKalb

• Corporate tax debate blocks consideration of budget

04-24-2008 Headlines

• House panel to take up Alabama film incentives bill

• House to take look at tax breaks for businesses

• AEA settles lawsuit on background checks

04-23-2008 Headlines

• House slows down over bill to make 44 companies pay state income taxes

• Jacksonville State reaches 125-year milestone

• Death row inmate who challenged protocol dies

• Senate panel OKs bill to remove sales tax on groceries

• Fired Talladega Co. teacher acquitted of rape

• Arsenal leader: Redstone changes will affect state

04-22-2008 Headlines

• Senate stalemate: Filibuster could mean end of bills as session nears end

• Schmitz asks that fraud charges against her be dismissed

• McCain delivers speech in Selma to start weeklong tour

04-21-2008 Headlines

• State government work force at highest level since 1998

• McCain's 'Time for Action Tour' heads to west, central Alabama

• 3 undecided Democrats could choose state's nominee

• Barber plans to expand museum

04-20-2008 Headlines

• State House leader confident in constitutional convention bill

• Drawing on customers' creativity: Prattville art studio encourages expression

04-19-2008 Headlines

• Stricter rules approved for certain pollutants in water

• Alabama appeals court refuses paternity ruling in estate dispute

• Candidates discuss views at forum

• Court clears way for drug company trial

• 3-year-old dies in Mobile apartment fire, parents arrested

04-18-2008 Headlines

• Former Cleburne County deputy honored

• Resolution seeks info on superintendent salaries

• Panel asks Rove to testify about Siegelman

• Senate committee approves Alabama General Fund budget

• Riley opposes grocery tax removal bill

• House defeats bill on new start of school year

• Birmingham man charged in 1987 beating death

• Man charged in stabbing near Auburn campus

04-17-2008 Headlines

• State officials say it will take time before executions are rescheduled, carried out

• Hurst proposes bill that could prohibit people under 18, convicted felons from possessing stun guns

• GOP: Dems cast votes for absent members

• Bill on sex toys closer to debate

• House panel passes education budget

• 2-year college chancellor loses new battle over double dipping

• A health message Alabamians can hear: Radio drama seeks to change risky attitudes

04-16-2008 Headlines

• Bill would change who can attend executions: Sheriff, police chief, district attorney could be present

• House OKs removing state food tax: Proposed constitutional amendment would help low, middle class

• State's English only bill sparks debate

• Senate panel votes to keep double dipping

• Judge orders $63 million moved to state trust fund

• $2 million in cocaine seized near Priceville

• 4 Alabama passengers sue Southwest

04-15-2008 Headlines

• Tax legislation up for debate in Alabama House

• State superintendent touts graduation changes

04-14-2008 Headlines

• Jefferson County civil rights suit claims Hispanics harassed by police

• Siegelman turns tables on Justice Department

• Friends of slain Auburn student sell wristbands in her honor

04-13-2008 Headlines

• 2-year colleges appeal judge's ruling

• Panel favors building new statehouse

• AU Raptor Center releases 6 owls nursed back to health

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