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Finishing a week-long floor effort to advance legislation funding the military for Fiscal Year 2014, the U.S. House of Representatives today passed the National Defense Authorization Act .

Alabama is making quite a splash as a result of an article in a Delta Air Lines magazine that lavishes praise on a state that has made dramatic positive strides in recent years.

The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a defense spending bill, despite veto threats from the president.

Finishing a week-long floor effort to advance legislation funding the military for Fiscal Year 2014, the U.S. House of Representatives today passed the National Defense Authorization Act .

On or about April 5, 2013, investigators say Gregory Chase McNeill entered a vehicle on the 100 block of Stonehaven Court without the permission of the owner and took several items.

U.S. Representative Martha Roby today applauded Alabama Senators Jeff Sessions and Richard Shelby for their votes against the Senate Farm Bill, which maintains a costly status quo in the government's food stamp program.

Two Dothan-area high school students were recently recognized for their artistic talents through the 2013 Second Congressional District Art Competition.

A 20-year-old Montgomery native recently completed a Congressional internship in the office of U.S. Rep. Martha Roby.

The House Armed Service Committee's 2014 defense authorization bill rejects Pentagon plans to raise Tricare fees while cutting coverage areas and ignores a request for a lower pay increase for troops.

A total of 208 readers responded to the AL.com poll with a significant majority supporting the Next Generation Science Standards.

A major education bill introduced today included language that strongly defends states' authority over education policy decisions, provisions of which were introduced in a standalone bill by U.S. Representative Martha Roby last month.

With more than 800,000 veterans currently waiting to resolve disability claims, many long-delayed, the Department of Veterans Affairs has no business rewarding its executives with performance bonuses.

Bradley Bryne holds up a copy of the Constitution as he announces his candidacy for Congress at the 5 Rivers Delta Resources Center in Spanish Fort, Alabama, on Tuesday, June 4, 2013.

Proposed federal legislation that would limit the federal government's influence over state-run education might not be enough to upend state Republicans' plan to repeal Alabama's common core curriculum standards.

Staff Writer The Army released results of its bimonthly warrant officer accessions board May 17.

Taking aim at nervous conservatives, the political arm of the Heritage Foundation is coming out with radio ads Thursday painting the House farm bill as more about food stamps than those who grow the crops.

DOTHAN: United States Representative Martha Roby will be at the Dothan Area Chamber of Commerce on Thursday.

Last year, I contacted you for assistance with my VA claim because in March 2011, I was diagnosed with prostate cancer, and on June 2, 2011, my prostate was removed.

It's not about what you ate for breakfast: at its best, Twitter is a democratic news feed of sorts, serving up 140-character headlines written by whoever wants to write them, linking to longer, more informative articles written by journalists or citizens.

"Sometimes nothing is a pretty cool hand." - The title character in the 1967 film "Cool Hand Luke" On occasion, government acts best when it sits still.