Latest Alabama Headlines
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Louisiana Homeowners Eligible for Roofing Retrofitting Grants
Jul 3 2023 // Louisiana homeowners will soon be able to apply for grants to retrofit their roofs to beyond-code construction standards, spurring discounts to their insurance premiums. State lawmakers appropriated $30 million to the...
Frustration After Former NFL QB, Nine Others Drown at Florida, Alabama Beaches
Jun 30 2023 // A firefighter from Georgia and two fathers who drowned while trying to save their children are among at least 10 recent victims of dangerous rip currents along Gulf of Mexico beaches stretching across Florida’s...
Alabama Town Gearing up for Micro Nuclear Reactor Assembly Plant
Jun 28 2023 // A Seattle-based nuclear energy company has selected Gadsden as the site of a microreactor assembly plant. Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation said the facility will manufacture and assemble modules needed to construct the...
Alabama Judge Halts Medical Cannabis Licensing After Irregularities Found
Jun 26 2023 // A judge on Friday ordered Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission to temporarily halt the issuance of licenses to growers and distributers as two companies argue the state used a flawed and secretive process to selecting...
Piedmont Airlines Fined $15,000 After Alabama Worker Sucked into Engine in 2022
Jun 23 2023 // Piedmont Airlines failed to follow safety procedures before a worker was sucked into a jet engine and killed in December, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said in a $15,000 citation against the...
Fired Amazon Labor Organizer in Alabama Reinstated After Filing Complaint, Union Says
Jun 22 2023 // A union organizer who was fired by Amazon was reinstated by the company after she filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board, according to the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. The union had said...
Louisiana Homeowners Eligible for Roofing Retrofitting Grants
Jun 19 2023 // Louisiana homeowners will soon be able to apply for grants to retrofit their roofs to beyond-code construction standards, spurring discounts to their insurance premiums. State lawmakers appropriated $30 million to the...
Tornadoes, Strong Winds Caused Property Damage Across South
Jun 19 2023 // Damaging winds and possible tornadoes toppled trees, damaged buildings and blew cars off a highway Wednesday as powerful storms crossed the South from Texas to Florida to Georgia late last week. The National Weather...
Storms Across Southeast Damage Buildings, Toss Cars, Topple Trees
Jun 16 2023 // Damaging winds and possible tornadoes toppled trees, damaged buildings and blew cars off a highway Wednesday as powerful storms crossed the South from Texas to Georgia. The National Weather Service issued numerous tornado...
Alabama High Court Declines to Lift Injunction Blocking Coastal Bridge
Jun 9 2023 // A divided Alabama Supreme Court on Friday declined to lift a preliminary injunction blocking construction of a new coastal bridge. Justices in a 5-3 decision declined the emergency request from the Alabama Department of...
Amazon Activist Terminated While Recovering from Work Injury, Union Says
Jun 8 2023 // A union organizer at Amazon who testified before a Senate committee has been terminated by the company, according to the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. The union says Jennifer Bates is dealing with injuries...
Man Behind 2021 Walmart Fires Along Gulf Coast Sentenced to 18 years
Jun 5 2023 // An Alabama federal judge has sentenced the man who admits being the leader of a scheme to set fires to Walmart stores along the Gulf Coast to 18 years in prison – double the recommended sentence. As part of a plea...
Alabama DOI Needs Insurers to Light Up the Budding Medical Marijuana Business in the State
Jun 5 2023 // Alabama lawmakers legalized medical marijuana two years ago. But that came with a high hurdle: Dispensaries, growers, processors and other license applicants must have at least $2 million of liability and casualty...
Alabama Couple Charged with Dumping Oil Over 33 Miles of Road, Creating a Hazard
May 24 2023 // An Alabama couple has been arrested after authorities said they dumped oil over 33 miles of road around Decatur, in the northern part of the state. The news outlet AL.com reported that crews in Lawrence County had to...
Alabama Lawsuit Shines a Light on Fee-Sharing Agreements for Storm Claims
May 23 2023 // Insurance defense attorneys say a pair of lawsuits filed by a law firm and a claims consulting business – against a national personal injury law firm – raises questions about the proper relationships between legal...
Alabama Judge Halts Bridge Project, Says DOT Director Had Vendetta
May 19 2023 // Driven by a “personal vendetta” against a toll bridge company, Alabama’s transportation director planned to build an unnecessary bridge across the Intracoastal Waterway at a cost of more than $100 million...
Alabama Bill Would Give Childhood Abuse Victims More Time to File Suit
May 19 2023 // Alabama legislation that would give victims of childhood sex abuse more time to sue their abusers has stalled in a committee amid opposition from insurance companies, the bill’s sponsor said. The Senate Judiciary...
Alabama DOI Needs Insurers to Light Up the Nascent Medical Pot Business in the State
May 5 2023 // Alabama lawmakers legalized medical marijuana two years ago this month. But it came with a high hurdle: Dispensaries, growers, processors and other license applicants must have at least $2 million of liability and casualty...
NFL Prospect Injured in Fatal Car Crash in Alabama
Apr 14 2023 // NFL prospect and former Louisiana wide receiver Michael Jefferson was involved in a fatal car accident in Mobile County. Jefferson’s agent, Jon Perzley, told ESPN that the player suffered injuries in the accident...
Executives of Alabama-based Austal Shipbuilding Accused of Inflating Earnings
Apr 3 2023 // Three current and former former executives of a shipbuilder that constructs vessels for the U.S. Navy have been indicted on accounting fraud charges accusing them of falsely inflating the company’s reported earnings,...
