In a 5-4 decision, the Alabama Supreme Court reversed direction and allowed lawsuits from workers who become ill many years after being exposed to dangerous chemicals. The majority said the two-year statute of limitations for filing suit begins to run …
An Alabama state senator who is vice chairman of a panel studying immigration issues in Alabama said Monday he will introduce legislation to require the state driver’s license exam be given in English only. The legislation from Sen. Scott Beason, …
Alabama and Florida officials started a jointly funded project this week that will provide a four-lane hurricane evacuation route from the Florida Panhandle to Interstate 65 in Alabama. It’s a rare case in which a Florida county is helping fund …
Students now starting kindergarten will be in the third grade when a state task force created after a deadly school bus wreck in Huntsville wraps up a study on whether Alabama school buses should have seat belts. The panel voted …
A state insurance board rejected the Alabama Senate’s attempt to get state-funded health insurance Wednesday, but said the Legislature could reapply if it follows the proper steps. In the closing hours of its last session on June 7, the Senate …
Gov. Bob Riley decided to block legislation that would have raised the minimum amount of liability insurance that Alabama motorists must buy because he was concerned it didn’t give policyholders time to comply. Riley’s communications director, Jeff Emerson, said the …
Eight years after making auto liability insurance mandatory, the Alabama Legislature could decide this week to increase the amount of insurance that motorists must buy. The proposal — $25,000 in insurance coverage for a single injury or death, $50,000 for …
A former campaign supporter of Alabamam Governor Bob Riley is suing him and other present and former state officials, accusing them of conspiring to drive him out of the insurance business. John W. Goff of Montgomery filed the suit last …
