MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The governor of this Bible Belt state is waging a one-man crusade against gambling -- and stirring racial tensions in the process -- by sending state troopers on late-night raids to shut down electronic bingo parlors. Republican Bob Riley, a lifelong opponent of gambling, contends the electronic devices are essentially slot machines, which are plainly illegal in Alabama. He formed a task force a year ago to halt their spread.
Gov. Jan Brewer said she sees no need for Arizona to make the kinds of revisions that Alabama is considering to its SB1070-style law. Following the embarrassing arrest of a Mercedes Benz executive and the ticketing of a Honda employee, Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley and legislative leaders are now proposing changes to its tough state- level immigration law, HB56.
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has signed new tort reform legislation. One of the bills, the Alabama Small Business Protection Act, would allow retailers and distributors of products to be dismissed from design and manufacturing cases.
CLANTON, Ala., Aug. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley today announced the appointment of 19 community, corporate and non-profit leaders from across the state to the newly formed Tornado Recovery Action Council of Alabama (TRAC). TRAC will gather insight from residents, business leaders, non-profit groups and state agencies in order to form collaborative solutions for a stronger, more prepared Alabama. Gov. Bentley tasked TRAC with the development of a report that will document what happened on April 27, 2011 and make strategic recommendations for the future. The report, which will be presented to the Governor by mid-January, will help guide state and regional leaders and may include legislative recommendations, action steps for state agencies, and ideas for both publi...
Arthur Bremer is a relic of American history. Thirty-five years ago, he left his three-room apartment at 2433 W. Michigan St. in Milwaukee, left behind a Confederate flag, unmailed love letters, notebooks, school report cards and family photos, left for a journey that would end in gunfire at a presidential campaign rally at a shopping mall in Laurel, Md.
WASHINGTON, May 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Alabama Governor Bob Riley issued a Proclamation declaring April and May as "Prom and Graduation Safety Months" in Alabama. There is an urgent need to work to prevent drunk driving and underage drinking during this celebratory time of year. During Prom and Graduation Season last year (April, May, June 2003), 705 youths under the age of 21 died in alcohol-related traffic fatalities nationwide according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), indicating Prom and Graduation season as a particularly dangerous time for our nation's youth. Unfortunately, the number of youths under 21 killed in alcohol- related traffic fatalities in Alabama has increased more than 6 percent from 2002 to 2003. The Century Council, a not- for-profit o...
Saying the damage in tornado-stricken Southern states is "nothing short of catastrophic," President Barack Obama announced Thursday that he will travel to Alabama today to view the damage and meet families devastated by the storms. He will also meet with Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley. Surveying damage
It was Alabama Gov. George Wallace who declared that there wasn't a "dime's worth of difference" between the Republican and Democratic parties. That was in 1968. The four-time candidate for president, who died in 1998, would be surprised to see that the differences today are measured in billions of dollars rather than stacks of dimes.
Alabama officials Tuesday criticized a Justice Department lawsuit challenging the state's tough new immigration law, arguing that the federal government's failure to enforce its own immigration statutes had forced the states to do so. Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard, a Republican, said the legislation - signed into law in June by Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley - will survive any court challenge. A federal judge in Phoenix has blocked implementation of an Arizona immigration law for more than a year after a similar challenge from the Obama administration in 2010.
WASHINGTON, June 29 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A jury in Montgomery, Ala. convicted former Alabama Governor Don Eugene Siegelman and former HealthSouth Chief Executive Officer Richard Scrushy of conspiracy, bribery and fraud, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher for the Criminal Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. of the Middle District of Alabama announced today. Siegelman, 60, was convicted on seven of the 33 counts against him: one count of bribery, one count of conspiracy to commit honest services mail fraud, four counts of honest services mail fraud and one count of obstruction of justice. Siegelman was acquitted on charges of racketeering, honest services wire fraud, extortion, obstruction of justice, and 16 counts of honest services mail fraud. Scrushy, 53, wa...
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