Tag: State

Rep. Corey Harbison, R-Good Hope and Rep. Randall Shedd, R- Fairview CULLMAN - Members of Cullman's legislative delegation took to social media on Sunday to...

Jeff Sessions testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (Source: AP Photo/Alex...

BIRMINGHAM - In our commitment to help prevent childhood obesity, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama is proud to continue its Be Healthy...

MONTGOMERY - Victims of domestic violence in Cullman and Winston counties will have access to specialized care and assistance with the help of a...

Sen. Paul Bussman, R-Cullman, speaks at Friday's State of the State community luncheon CULLMAN - Cullman County’s legislative delegation spoke to a packed house Friday...

MONTGOMERY - Attorney Gen. Luther Strange led a coalition of 14 states calling on the incoming Trump administration to immediately repeal two new rules...

MONTGOMERY – Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced today that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted December unemployment rate is 6.2 percent, up from...

MONTGOMERY - Attorney Gen. Luther Strange is inviting public and private schools throughout the state to submit applications for the 2016 school year Alabama...

CULLMAN - The Alabama House Republican Caucus met earlier this week to set an agenda for the upcoming legislative session.  The group will release...

BIRMINGHAM - A rare grant opportunity is being extended to grassroots humanities organizations across the state, and Alabama Humanities Foundation is urging communities to...

CULLMAN - The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) announced today that Gov. Robert Bentley has awarded a Community Development Block Grant...

CULLMAN - Yesterday, the Cullman County Commission voted to support a 3-cent per gallon gasoline tax to fund a $1.2 billion bond issue that...

Crews from the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) were out early Thursday morning applying liquid de-icer to Interstate 65 in Cullman County. Image courtesy...

CULLMAN - Back in June, Gov. Robert Bentley signed a bill abolishing common law marriage in the state of Alabama. That law went into...

MONTGOMERY– Governor Robert Bentley on Thursday issued a State of Emergency effective at 7 a.m. Friday for all Alabama counties in preparation for potential...

REHOBETH, AL - According to a report from CBS WTVY in Dothan, a former state representative from Coffee County and convicted felon Terry Spicer...

Rep. Randall Shedd, R-Fairview is the chairman of the House Interim Committee on Driver’s License Review. MONTGOMERY – An agreement announced between the state of...

A winning entry from 2016's contest BIRMINGHAM – McDonald’s of Central Alabama proudly announces the fifth year of the McDonald’s Celebration of Creativity Art Contest....

CULLMAN – According to the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT), fatalities on Alabama highways are up more than 25 percent this year over last...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Robert Aderholt, R-Alabama on Monday released the following statement after attending the vote of Alabama’s nine members of the Electoral...

MONTGOMERY – Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced today that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted November unemployment rate is 5.9 percent, with Cullman...

MONTGOMERY - Gov. Robert Bentley has signed a proclamation officially designating Dec. 25, 2016 as “CHRISTMAS SUNDAY: The Day Alabama Feeds Every Child.” The signed...

MONTGOMERY - Home heating equipment is one of the leading causes of home fire deaths, injuries and property damage, and with bitter cold freezing...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange says he will seek the U.S. Senate seat left open if incumbent Jeff Sessions is...

MONTGOMERY – Governor Robert Bentley and Interim State Forester Gary Cole on Monday have rescinded the statewide Drought Emergency ‘No Burn’ Order which has...

MONTGOMERY – Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced Thursday that the department has successfully prosecuted several Alabamians for unemployment compensation fraud. The...

MONTGOMERY - Although rainfall amounts varied across the counties of the state last night, it is expected to give only short-term relief to the...

CULLMAN - The current drought is really hurting the cattle industry in my legislative district and relief is no where in sight. This week,...

MONTGOMERY - Gov. Robert Bentley has awarded a grant totaling $242,004 to support the nonprofit agency Victim Services of Cullman, which assists abuse victims...

MONTGOMERY – Gov. Robert Bentley on Monday expanded the Drought Emergency Declaration to cover the entire state. Effective 3:00 p.m. Monday, November 7, 2016,...

MONTGOMERY - Since the first of October, a total of 1,028 wildfires have destroyed 11,232 acres across the state of Alabama. And the situation...

Image credit: Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser MONTGOMERY – With two week to go before the election, State Auditor Jim Zeigler says the wording of Amendment...

A special grand jury on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016 declined to act on allegations against former Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) Secretary Spencer Collier...

CULLMAN - Sen. Paul Bussman, R-Cullman this week took to his Facebook page to explain the amendments that Alabama voters will see on the...

MONTGOMERY- Twenty-eight Alabama counties, including Cullman, have been placed under a drought emergency in the latest Alabama Drought Declaration issued Tuesday afternoon. The Alabama Department...

MONTGOMERY - The Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries in cooperation with the Alabama Agribusiness Council, the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association, the Alabama Cooperative Extension...

Photo: Rep. Randall Shedd, R-Fairview MONTGOMERY – Speaker of the House Mac McCutcheon, R-Monrovia on Thursday announced the members of the House Interim Committee on...

MONTGOMERY - Gov. Robert Bentley signed a compromise bill on Thursday to use Alabama’s BP settlement funds to pay off a portion of the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt, R- Alabama today released the following statement regarding the 15th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist...

FAIRHOPE, ALA. – The Alabama legislature just passed a bill to use $120 million of the BP settlement to fill a shortfall in the...

FAIRHOPE, ALA. – The Alabama legislature just passed a bill to use $120 million of the BP settlement to fill a shortfall in the...

CULLMAN - Brooks’ Place, the Child Advocacy Center of Cullman, a nonprofit center that serves child abuse victims in Cullman County, recently received a...

MONTGOMERY - Sen. Paul Bussman has left the Senate GOP caucus over the Senate's handling of a state lottery bill, Senate Bill 11. "As a...

UPDATED Aug. 19 at 4:58 p.m.: The president of American Proteins, Mark Ham, has just given us this statement: "On Wednesday, August 17, 2016, the Company’s...

BIRMINGHAM (AP) - Bennett's death was announced Thursday by Jacksonville State University, where he was chairman of the board of trustees. University spokeswoman Buffy...

MONTGOMERY - Gov. Robert Bentley has announced a $400,000 grant to establish a loan fund focusing on small businesses in Appalachian Alabama. The grants from...

MONTGOMERY - Gov. Robert Bentley has awarded a $601,189 grant to improve Alabama’s continued efforts to take unsafe drivers off the road. The grant will...

MONTGOMERY – Gov. Robert Bentley on Friday announced that he has approved the use of emergency funds to support the state’s efforts against the...

CULLMAN - Gov. Robert Bentley this morning released a video announcing his intention to call a special session of the Alabama Legislature to address...

MONTGOMERY – Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced yesterday that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted June unemployment rate is 6.0%, unchanged from May’s...

MONTGOMERY- Gov. Bentley on Monday announced the Alabama State Capitol will be illuminated blue every night this week to honor the men and women...

MONTGOMERY - A $28,762 grant announced by Gov. Robert Bentley will boost the production, marketing and availability of locally grown food in north Alabama. The...

MONTGOMERY – Alabama Department of Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald Washington announced today that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted May unemployment rate is 6.1 percent, unchanged from...

MONTGOMERY - Gov. Robert Bentley has awarded grants totaling almost $2 million to assist low-income and elderly Alabama residents who need help reducing their...

MONTGOMERY - By a 105 to 0 margin, the Alabama House on Tuesday passed a $6.3 billion Education Trust Fund (ETF) budget that includes...

I have a tremendous concern for the way we budget in Alabama. This last year it became very clear to me that we’re going...