An Alabama appeals court has ruled in favor of an Anniston newspaper that was sued by a city councilman who claimed he was libeled in a story published in February 2009. The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals upheld a lower …
The April 27 tornado outbreak will likely end up being Alabama’s most costly natural disaster. Gov. Robert Bentley and state Insurance Commissioner Jim Ridling said the catastrophe modeling company AIR Worldwide estimates that insured losses in Alabama will be between …
Alabama residents who suffered severe losses due to a series of storms that swept through the Southeast last month have already filed over 65,000 storms, according to an estimate by state officials. Alabama Governor Robert Bentley and Insurance Commissioner Jim …
The state Department of Public Safety is opening offices in Tuscaloosa and Birmingham to help Alabamians whose driver’s licenses and non-driver identification cards were lost in the tornadoes April 27. The offices opened Tuesday at Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa and …
Monroe County has been approved for federal disaster aid, which brings the total number of Alabama counties covered to 42. Assistance is available to households and businesses as part of Alabama’s federal disaster declaration. Counties approved earlier for aid were: …
Damage from Alabama’s deadly tornadoes could approach the state’s record of $2 billion from Hurricane Ivan in 2004, Alabama’s insurance commissioner said. Insurance commissioner Jim Ridling said early insurance industry estimates put the damage across the South at $2 billion …
Officials, insurers and residents are starting the daunting task of assessing and cleaning up the damage from the massive storm system that hit the Southeast as the amount of insured losses is heading into the billions of dollars. The National …
Federal officials vowed urgent support Sunday for a region devastated by the deadliest U.S. natural disaster since Hurricane Katrina, even as they acknowledged recovery would not be quick or easy. President Barack Obama’s administration is trying to show an effective …
Officials in Southeast states hammered by a storm that killed at least 300 people have begun the task of evaluating the damage. Alabama appears to have suffered the brunt of the storm, where Tornadoes struck particularly hard in Tuscaloosa and …
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has signed legislation increasing the state income tax deduction that small businesses get for supplying health insurance for their employees. The new law applies to the current tax year. Bentley said the savings provided by the …
