Alabama Government News

The Alabama Department of Corrections has changed the way it transports job applicants following a horrific crash that left seven people dead last fall.

Help is on the way to some unemployed Alabamians. Governor Riley's office is providing a $1.3 million grant for job-training for people who've recently lost their jobs.

The Alabama Department of Public Health has proposed a $650 civil penalty against BFGoodrich Tire Manufacturing of Tuscaloosa for a violation of the Rules of the State Board of Health.

Governor Bob Riley has awarded $9.26 million, including $4.86 million in federal stimulus funding, to help Alabama's low-income residents cut their utility bills by making their homes more energy efficient.

Let's hope the Alabama Supreme Court quickly resolves the question of electronic bingo once and for all -- if nothing else to end the war between Gov.

Main Category: Sports Medicine / Fitness Also Included In: Nutrition / Diet Article Date: 01 Jul 2009 Five Alabama communities have been selected to receive grants of $3,000 each to stimulate community-based physical activity and nutrition programs to reduce risks for overweight and obesity.

July 3 - The Alabama Department of Revenue reports that state tax collections declined 6 percent during the first nine months of Alabama's fiscal year.

" Alabama Department of Industrial Relations Director Tom Surtees announced today that the maximum weekly Unemployment Compensation benefit amount will increase by ten dollars for claimants who file new claims on or after July 5th.

Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb made a decision Wednesday in the 2010 governor's race.

Alabama's summer climate with its extreme temperatures and high humidity can lead to heatrelated illnesses and deaths if not treated.

Authorities are searching for an Alabama prison inmate who escaped over the weekend from the Decatur Community Work Center.

New state laws taking effect Wednesday will provide more care for women with cancer, coordinate services for Alabamians with autism, and use state buildings to honor American military missing in action.

June 28 - Alabama's largest phone company, AT&T, is raising rates for some residential customers on July 11.

State officials say environmental problems at a U.S. 98 construction site in west Mobile are a thing of the past.

Main Category: Pediatrics / Children's Health Article Date: 24 Jun 2009 - 7:00 PDT Two years ago more than one in four newborns screened for metabolic and other inherited disorders in Alabama had to be retested.

Health officials are urging Alabamians to take precautions during a heat wave that has brought record-setting temperatures to the region and been linked to at least one death in southeast Alabama.

Bert Bank, a World War II veteran who became a state legislator and founded the Alabama Football Network, has died.

Governor Riley sent this memo to members of the Alabama A&M University Board of Trustees.

Governor Riley Wraps Up Visit to France, Says Positive Attitude Abounds for Tanker Contest PARIS, FRANCE - " Governor Bob Riley today wrapped up the first leg of his Economic Development and Jobs Mission in France, where he attended the Paris Air Show, the world's premiere aerospace and aviation exposition.

By Barbara Evans Once more Alabama's Black Belt is subject to another environmental insult.