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The Alabama Senate is trying to give people a new way to raise money to start small businesses.The Senate voted 31-0 Thursday for a "crowd funding" bill…
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Two Alabama senators are finding support for bills aimed at toughening the rules for welfare benefits, including requiring drug testing of some welfare…
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Alabamians trying to start small businesses in a tough credit market may soon have a new method that will allow them to raise small amounts of capital…
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A state senator plans to introduce legislation that would require welfare applicants to have applied for at least three jobs.Republican Sen. Arthur Orr of…
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Gov. Robert Bentley has joined with legislators and military leaders to celebrate the enactment of three state laws designed to make Alabama more military…
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The Alabama Legislature has voted to extend two taxes that support the state Medicaid program. The assessments on nursing homes and hospitals were due to…
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Alabama state non-education employees would not get a cost-of-living raise or merit pay raises under a $1.74 billion General Fund budget approved…
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The Alabama Senate has approved legislation to allow posthumous pardons for the Scottsboro Boys. The Senate voted 29-0 Thursday for the legislation…
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Some Alabama legislators are trying to start planning now for the state's bicentennial in 2019. Republican Sen. Arthur Orr of Decatur got the Senate to…