All the headlines from our Alabama Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 5 2012 // For the insurance industry, there is more at stake in the Nov. 6 election than who goes to or stays in the White House and Congress.The insurance industry will be watching who wins the gubernatorial races in 11 states,...
Oct 17 2012 // The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has opened a disaster response center in Mobile, Ala.Grand opening was Monday for the 15,200-square foot facility. The facility will serve as the central coordination...
Oct 12 2012 // An Alabama jury has decided that Mobile-based Continental Motors is not responsible for an airplane crash that killed a Louisville, Ky., man four years ago.The Press-Register reported that jurors reached the decision...
Oct 9 2012 // Alabama Insurance Commissioner Jim L. Ridling issued a bulletin last week approving the use of a new “insurance certification form,” MVD-1, that is designed for licensed motor vehicle dealers and others.The...
Oct 8 2012 // Senators from the U.S. Gulf Coast urged President Barack Obama on Friday to ensure that any legal settlement for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill does not undermine a recently passed law that would funnel billions of...
Oct 8 2012 // Alabama senior citizens will have easier access to courses that can qualify them for automobile insurance premium credits under a new state law that allows them to take the courses online. The courses test older...
Oct 8 2012 // Alabama is implementing a new system to crack down on the 900,000 Alabama vehicles without insurance. The system, set to launch Jan. 1, will verify within a few seconds whether a motorist is abiding by the state’s...
Oct 3 2012 // Gov. Robert Bentley announced this week that he won’t implement part of the federal Affordable Health Care Act in Alabama.Bentley’s aides said the Alabama governor sent a letter to Secretary of Health Kathleen...
Sep 28 2012 // Law officers in some eastern Alabama jurisdictions have yet to issue any citations under the state’s new law banning texting and driving. The law went into effect on Aug. 1. The Anniston Star reported that the...
Sep 25 2012 // A driver’s chances of being hit by an uninsured motorist in Alabama may go down after Jan. 1.That is when a new system will start cracking down on the 900,000 Alabama vehicles without insurance. The system will...
Sep 24 2012 // A new law requires that some people convicted of drunken driving install devices that prevent them from starting their vehicles if they have been drinking alcohol.The new law took effect Sept. 1 and requires the devices on...
Sep 21 2012 // Alabama senior citizens will have easier access to courses that can qualify them for automobile insurance premium credits under a new state law that allows them to take the courses online.Approved by state lawmakers...
Sep 18 2012 // Sand Island along the Alabama coast has disappeared beneath the waves. The Sand Island Lighthouse is still standing alone in the water. But the island that was rebuilt by the U.S Army Corps of Engineers last year got...
Sep 18 2012 // Local communities should not hire lobbyists as Alabama tries to determine how to dole out at least $1 billion in penalty funds it expects to receive as a result of the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Alabama Gov....
Sep 11 2012 // A new law in Alabama requires motorists convicted of drunken driving to install ignition interlocks on their vehicles, although police have questions about how that law will be enforced.The new requirement, which took...
Aug 28 2012 // Coastal Alabama is under a mandatory evacuation order as Isaac churns through the Gulf of Mexico.Gov. Robert Bentley ordered residents of southern Baldwin and Mobile counties to begin evacuating starting 8 a.m. Monday, and...
Aug 27 2012 // There’s an app for just about everything. And although a new workers’ compensation application from the University of Alabama at Birmingham may not be a must-add to every smart phone, its developers say it will...
Aug 6 2012 // Copper thefts are becoming a growing problem for Alabama farmers. Southeast Alabama farmer Trey Martin said someone stole the copper wiring from his irrigation system. The copper wire was worth $50, but the damages to the...
Aug 2 2012 // A number of recently enacted laws in Alabama concerning property-casualty insurance became effective on August 1.• One newly enacted law, Act 12-429 (Insurance Fraud), makes insurance fraud a felony crime. It will be...
Aug 2 2012 // One of Alabama’s largest homeowners’ insurers is raising rates on property insurance by as much as 35 percent per policy while dropping some 2,900 rental properties along the state coastline as part of plan to...