The Heroes for Hire Tax Credit Act would provide a $2,000 tax credit for businesses that hire veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
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The Foley City Council and the mayor will receive pay raises this year.
Jury selection nearly complete in the trial of 6 Alabama lawmakers and lobbyists accused of buying/selling votes in the Statehouse.
Gov. Bentley's plan to spend monies earmarked for education on non-educational programs won't fly in Alabama, say lawmakers.
Alabama's Governor Robert Bentley addressed Alabamians with his plans to fix the state's money problems.
Florida lawmakers seek to rename unemployment compensation.
The Florida House has voted to rename unemployment compensation as "reemployment assistance."
A Republican senator introduced a bill that makes modifications to Alabama's immigration law.
Troy Ephriam will announce he is running for Mayor of Prichard on Saturday.
A plan by the White House to end combat in Afghanistan is drawing opposition.
Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman has filed a new appeal of his federal government corruption conviction to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Mitt Romney now has a Florida victory to go along with his triumph in New Hampshire.
Voters we talked to in the Pensacola area say they thought about not voting in the Florida primary because of recent negative campaign ads.
GOP officials in Florida are anticipating a big turnout of more than two million voters.
Bingo defendant Ray Crosby was found lying in his bed at his home in Montgomery, according to a close friend who discovered his body.
Jury selection was supposed to begin Monday morning at the federal courthouse in Montgomery, but one of the seven defendants, former legislative employee Ray Crosby, died Sunday.
The Pentagon unveiled budget cuts that would slash the U.S. military's size by eliminating thousands of jobs, mothballing ships and trimming air squadrons in an effort to shift strategy and reduce spending by $487 billion over a decade.
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich in a Thursday night debate hinted that, should he win the nomination, he'd consider asking popular Florida Sen. Marco Rubio to be his running mate.
Bad weather forced presidential hopeful Rick Santorum to cancel a campaign stop in Pensacola Thursday disappointing a lot of panhandle republicans who are still trying to decide who the best candidate is in the all important Florida primary.
Pardon files are missing or don't exist for four convicted killers and another man who worked as trusties at the Governor's Mansion and were pardoned by former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour during his final days in office.
Senator Vivian Figures is hoping a new bill will pass in February.
In his third State of the Union address, President Obama outlined a handful economic proposals, as well as an "economic blueprint" for the country grounded in giving all Americans a "fair shot."
Republican candidates are spending millions of dollars in campaign ads to unseat President Obama but is the message getting across? Not if you ask voters who have seen the barrage of negative ads flooding the airwaves.
Alabama's new economic development strategy calls for more teamwork between state and local business recruiters and a new focus on turning bright ideas into companies hiring Alabamians.
As the dust settles in South Carolina, republican presidential candidates now turn their attention to Florida where early voting is already underway.
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