19 May 2012, 5:18 pm
Alabama's governor on Friday signed legislation that he said will "simplify and clarify" the state's controversial anti-illegal immigration law, considered one of the country's toughest.... Read More »
18 May 2012, 9:02 pm
MOBILE, Alabama (Reuters) - Alabama's governor signed into law revisions to the state's controversial immigration statute on Friday, despite his earlier suggestions he might veto the measure because it did not make enough changes to the toughest state crackdown against illegal immigrants. Re... Read More »
18 May 2012, 6:34 pm
Alabama's governor on Friday signed legislation that he said will "simplify and clarify" the state's controversial anti-illegal immigration law, considered one of the country's toughest.... Read More »
18 May 2012, 4:44 pm
Republican Governor Robert Bentley approved changes to Alabama’s immigration law a day after he said the measure was unacceptable because it requires the state to post online the names of illegal immigrants who are arrested.... Read More »
18 May 2012, 3:27 pm
Federal regulators have seized a small bank in Alabama, bringing to 24 the number of U.S. banks that have failed so far this year.... Read More »
18 May 2012, 9:22 am
Alabama's unemployment rate has declined for the ninth straight month to 7.2 percent for April.... Read More »
17 May 2012, 8:50 pm
A University of Alabama fan was indicted on sexual battery and obscenity charges by a Louisiana state grand jury on Thursday for allegedly assaulting a passed-out LSU fan after the BCS national championship football game in January, the New Orleans Times Picayune reported Thursday.... Read More »
17 May 2012, 7:08 pm
Alabama's governor on Thursday called in lawmakers for a special session in part to further explore changes to the state's anti-illegal immigration law, considered the country's toughest.... Read More »
17 May 2012, 5:02 am
Alabama senators approved a new bill aimed at improving the state's controversial immigration law Wednesday, but critics said the new measure might make things worse.... Read More »
16 May 2012, 8:44 pm
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - Alabama lawmakers passed a new bill to revise the state's controversial immigration law on Wednesday, hoping to fend off more legal challenges to the toughest state measure on immigration in the United States. The bill, whose final approval now rests with Alabama&... Read More »