Latest Alabama Headlines
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DeBuys Joins Valent Group’s Employee Benefits Practice in Alabama
May 26 2020 // Valent Group, the risk consulting and insurance division of EBSCO Industries (EBSCO), has hired former attorney and business owner Billy DeBuys as vice president in its Employee Benefits practice. DeBuys comes to Valent...
Alabama Insurance Dept. Forms Dedicated Resiliency Division to Reduce Disaster Risk
May 19 2020 // The Alabama Department of Insurance has created a new division dedicated to supporting risk reduction against natural disasters for both policyholders and insurance companies, according to a statement from ALDOI. The new...
23 Killed of COVID-19 in Alabama Veterans Nursing Home
May 14 2020 // About two dozen people have died at an Alabama veterans nursing home because of COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus, the state said Tuesday. The Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs said in a statement...
Alabama Reopens Restaurants, Bars with Limits
May 11 2020 // Alabama’s dine-in restaurants, bars, salons and gyms will be allowed to reopen with limits as the state eases restrictions during the continuing state mic, Gov. Kay Ivey said Friday. New guidelines taking effect...
Alabama Enacts Pandemic Lawsuit Protection for Health Care Entities, Businesses
May 11 2020 // New legal protections are being extended to help shield businesses from “frivolous” lawsuits linked to the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Kay Ivey said Friday. An order issued by Ivey would protect health care...
Alabama Sues Tyson Foods for Negligence Over 2019 Wastewater Spill
May 7 2020 // The state of Alabama sued Tyson Foods on Thursday over a 2019 wastewater spill that caused the largest recorded fish kill in the state. The Alabama attorney general’s office filed the suit, saying Tyson was negligent...
Alabama High Court Rejects Motorist Lawsuits Challenging Traffic Camera Tickets
May 6 2020 // The Alabama Supreme Court on Friday upheld the dismissal of lawsuits challenging the use of traffic cameras to ticket motorists. The lawsuits were filed by motorists who received tickets from traffic cameras in Midfield,...
Alabama Highway Deaths Decline by Nearly 60% in April
May 5 2020 // Traffic accidents are killing fewer people in Alabama as people stay home more and drive less during the pandemic. Highway deaths in April dropped 58% from March and 42% from a year earlier, according to statistics from...
Alabama to Re-Open Retail Stores, Beaches on Thursday
Apr 29 2020 // Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday said that retail stores, beaches and non-emergency medical procedures can resume, with limits, later this week as she announced a loosening of state restrictions because of the coronavirus...
More Storms Hit South, Tornadoes Threaten Region
Apr 20 2020 // High winds, hail and heavy rain pounded parts of Alabama on Sunday, as forecasters warned residents to brace for possible tornadoes and flooding later in the day across a wide swatch of the southern United States. More...
Destruction from Storms Across Southeast ‘Worst in a Decade;’ Death Toll Rises to 30
Apr 15 2020 // Storms that killed more than 30 people in the Southeast, piling fresh misery atop a pandemic, spread across the eastern United States on Monday, leaving more than 1 million homes and businesses without power amid floods...
Widespread Damage, At Least 19 Deaths from Easter Storms Across South
Apr 14 2020 // Severe weather swept across the South Monday, killing at least 19 people and damaging hundreds of homes from Louisiana into the Appalachian Mountains. Many people spent part of the night early Monday sheltering in...
Officials: Health Care Workers Account for 15% of Alabama Virus Cases
Apr 14 2020 // More than 450 health care workers in Alabama had been infected with COVID-19 as the total cases in the state neared 3,000, the Alabama Department of Public Health said Friday. The Alabama Department of Public Health said...
Alabama Regulator Eases Process for Auto Insurers to Reduce Policyholder Premiums
Apr 14 2020 // The Alabama Department of Insurance says it will waive filing fees and allow for immediate implementation of premium reductions by insurers in an effort to provide some relief to Alabama consumers. In a bulletin issued...
Alabama Neighborhood Slammed by Twister During Virus Quarantine
Apr 2 2020 // An apparent tornado slammed into an Alabama neighborhood, shattering more than a dozen homes Tuesday while people were hunkered down inside because of the coronavirus outbreak, as storms caused damage from Mississippi to...
Alabama Issues Industry Guidance on COVID-19, Classifies Insurance as Essential
Apr 1 2020 // Alabama Commissioner of Insurance Jim Ridling has asked insurers writing business in the state to consider leniency and flexibility for policyholders in light of the current coronavirus outbreak, as well as confirmed that...
Suspected Tornado Causes Damage Along Mississippi-Alabama Line
Mar 26 2020 // Teresa Hazelwood stopped by a Dollar General store in northern Mississippi to get some chips, and soon found herself riding out a suspected tornado in the parking lot and felt it lifting her car. She gripped the steering...
Southern States Challenged by Increasing Acceptance of Medical Marijuana
Mar 17 2020 // Facing a potentially historic vote on whether to legalize medical marijuana in Kentucky, Republican lawmaker John Schickel is conflicted. A retired law enforcement officer, Schickel once steadfastly opposed medical...
Alabama Senate Approves Medical Marijuana Bill
Mar 16 2020 // A medical marijuana bill cleared its first floor vote Thursday in the Alabama Legislature as advocates hope to make headway after years of setbacks. The Alabama Senate vote 22-10 for the bill by Republican Sen. Tim Melson...
Tennessee Left Reeling by Devastating, Destructive Tornadoes
Mar 4 2020 // Tornadoes ripped across Tennessee early Tuesday, shredding at least 40 buildings and killing 24 people. One of the twisters caused severe damage across downtown Nashville, destroying the stained glass in a historic church...
