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Alabama Pipeline Explosion Update: 1 Death Reported, Pipeline to Restart Saturday

This story is an update to an earlier one updating the worker injuries and one fatality. The owner of the biggest U.S. fuel pipeline said it may resume service on its gasoline line at noon local time Saturday after an …

Colonial Pipeline Explosion in Alabama Injures 7, Causes 2 Wildfires

An explosion along the Colonial Pipeline in rural Alabama injured at least seven workers Monday not far from where the line burst and leaked thousands of gallons of gasoline last month, authorities said. The blast, which sent flames and thick …

UnitedHealthcare to Join Alabama Health Insurance Exchange

Alabama consumers will see more competition when the health insurance marketplace opens next month for its second year. United Healthcare took a cautious approach to the marketplaces the first year and chose not to participate in most states, including staying …

Alabama Governor Has Insurance for $50K Water Pipe Damage in Home

The freezing weather really hit home with Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley. Bentley said this week that his private home in Tuscaloosa has an estimated $50,000 in damage after a water pipe froze and burst in the attic. Bentley says the …

Alabama Creates Research Center to Study Home Insurance

Gov. Robert Bentley is creating a research center at the University of Alabama to try to improve the availability and affordability of homeowners insurance following hurricanes and tornadoes that demolished homes from the coast to the Tennessee line. Bentley went …

Alabama Sets Up State-Run Public School Teachers’ Liability Insurance Plan

Gov. Robert Bentley’s administration has set up a new liability insurance plan for Alabama’s school workers who previously relied on the Alabama Education Association and other groups for coverage. How it will affect AEA won’t be known until long after …

Alabama Governor Says State Will Not Enforce Federal Health Law’s Protections

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has rejected another provision of the federal health care overhaul pushed by President Barack Obama, saying Alabama insurance regulators won’t enforce parts of the law aimed at protecting consumers. Bentley wrote a letter to federal officials …

Alabama Weighs Grants for Wind-Proofing, Creation of Insurance Research Center

Some of the money that Alabama receives from BP over the Gulf oil spill could end up helping coastal residents make their homes more resistant to wind damage from hurricanes. That is one of the recommendations from a commission that …

Alabama Governor Won’t Implement Part of Health Law

Gov. Robert Bentley announced this week that he won’t implement part of the federal Affordable Health Care Act in Alabama. Bentley’s aides said the Alabama governor sent a letter to Secretary of Health Kathleen Sebelius explaining that he’s an opponent …

Ala. Gov. Bentley Touts New Homeowner’s Insurance Laws

Alabama’s governor visited the Gulf coast this week to promote new laws designed to make homeowner’s insurance more affordable after hurricanes drove up prices. Gov. Robert Bentley told Foley residents that he worked with legislators from Mobile and Baldwin counties …