All the headlines from our Alabama Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 16 2021 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) has issued a cease and desist order to a Birmingham, Ala., insurance agency, Senior Care Services LLC, alleging the company uses false or misrepresentative facts and information...
Apr 15 2021 // The Alabama House of Representatives last week narrowly rejected a proposal to fine people for using a smartphone while driving.The bill by Republican Rep. K.L. Brown of Jacksonville would have prohibited a driver from...
Apr 9 2021 // A medical marijuana bill on Wednesday cleared its first major hurdle in the Alabama House of Representatives.The House Judiciary Committee approved the bill after lengthy debate and multiple amendment attempts. The bill...
Mar 30 2021 // Linda Burns was excited at first to land a job at the Amazon warehouse outside Birmingham, Alabama. The former nursing assistant had always enjoyed ordering from the company, Now, she would be working for them.A cog in a...
Mar 26 2021 // Alabama Gov. Kay issued a state of emergency yesterday after numerous tornadoes caused damage and deaths across the state.Ivey said on Twitter Friday morning that crews would be out assessing the damage and getting...
Mar 22 2021 // At least 10 tornadoes struck Alabama and Mississippi this week during a severe weather outbreak that could have been worse if temperatures hadn’t remained relatively low, forecasters said.Teams from the National...
Mar 16 2021 // Alabama authorities have ordered an out-of-state company to stop spreading poultry waste at one of its operations amid complaints about the odor.Environmental groups have also expressed concerns about the waste –...
Mar 12 2021 // The Alabama House of Representatives began a lengthy review of medical marijuana legislation on Wednesday, requiring the bill to go through two committees before it can secure a vote by the full House.The Alabama Senate...
Mar 10 2021 // Wildfires have burned more than 2,300 acres of land across Alabama in recent days, forestry officials said Monday as firefighters battled two dozen blazes statewide. Fire charred 560 acres in St. Clair County, and two...
Mar 4 2021 // Associated Insurance Administrators (AIA), based in Montgomery, Ala., has appointed Patrick Albrecht as president.The appointment of Albrecht is part of the company’s reorganization to bring the authorities and...
Feb 8 2021 // Alabama lawmakers on Thursday fast-tracked a pair of pandemic bills – one to exempt coronavirus relief payments from state income tax and another to shield businesses, health care providers and others from...
Feb 5 2021 // McGriff has hired Dain Jorgenson as a senior vice president and producer in its Birmingham-based Energy Practice. Dain Jorgenson Jorgenson joins McGriff from Insurance Risk Partners, where he served as senior vice...
Feb 4 2021 // Amazon workers at an Alabama warehouse will vote next week on whether to unionize in one of the most visible labor-organizing pushes at the online retailing giant.Employees at the Bessemer facility are seeking to form a...
Feb 3 2021 // Insurance adjusting firm Catastrophe & National Claims (CNC) has added Tom Noonan as senior vice president of Strategy & Innovation. In this newly created role, he’ll help lead strategic planning and...
Jan 28 2021 // The Alabama Education Association is urging the state to give teachers COVID-19 vaccinations following the deaths of at least 39 public school employees from the contagious illness.The group, which represents public...
Jan 28 2021 // James Scott has never lived anywhere other than a two-story house on hilly Darlene Drive north of Birmingham. Home will never be the same after a tornado smashed the structure into pieces, killed another teen and left the...
Jan 22 2021 // Alabama’s policy requiring a transgender person to undergo full gender reassignment surgery before they can change the sex on their driver’s license is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled Friday.U.S....
Jan 22 2021 // Hub International Limited (Hub), a full-service global insurance broker, has acquired the assets of Shields Insurance Agency. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. With locations in Birmingham and Mobile, Ala.,...
Dec 17 2020 // Regulators have loosened rules to make it easier for out-of-state doctors to work in Alabama as the coronavirus pandemic both fills hospital beds and strains medical staff by sickening doctors and nurses, officials said...
Dec 16 2020 // Weather officials say they’re still assessing the effects of a tornado that touched down in Alabama over the weekend.The National Weather Service said Monday that a storm survey team had found preliminary evidence of...