Topic: Alabama
Ala. gov no fan of 2nd federal stimulus bill, but he's counting on it to balance state budgetsGov. Bob Riley is relying on Congress to pass a second federal stimulus bill that he doesn't support so Alabama can get more than $1 ...
Alabama Democrats propose spending $1B in state savings on highway, bridge constructionDemocrats in the Alabama Senate will try again in the new year to invest $1 billion from a state savings account in a 10-year boom in road and bridge construction that ...
Economically battered Mich. avoids long gov't shutdown, begins fiscal year with interim budgetOne of the nation's most economically battered states is heading into more fiscal fights after surviving a short-lived government shutdown that ended with an interim budget and lingering uncertainty about ...
Colonial BancGroup says feds conducting criminal investigation over accounting irregularitiesColonial BancGroup said Friday it is under criminal investigation by the Department of Justice over alleged accounting irregularities at its mortgage warehouse lending unit.The company said the probe involves one year's worth of ...
Federal agents search Florida bank branch of Colonial BancGroupFederal agents entered the Orlando, Fla., branch of financially troubled Colonial BancGroup Inc. on Monday with a search warrant.Few details were released about what the agents were searching for or the nature of the ...
1 congregation hands out $50,000, others offer health care, haircutsOn a recent Sunday, members of Bay Community Church each were given envelopes stuffed with cash. Food is being grown on church plots, job and home foreclosure counseling are on the rise, and ...
House approves $6.4 billion to make schools cleaner and healthierThe House on Thursday passed a multiyear school construction bill with the ambitious goals of producing hundreds of thousands of jobs, reducing energy consumption and creating healthier, cleaner environments for the nation's schoolchildren.Opponents, ...
Thousands of protesters, some dressed like Revolutionary War soldiers and most waving signs with anti-tax slogans, gathered around the nation Wednesday for a series of rallies modeled after the original Boston Tea Party.They chose the income tax filing deadline to express their ...
TOXIC TAXES As federal stimulus dollars begin to flow, one unlikely beneficiary is the $30 billion tax-preparation industry. In Washington, the IRS can't track complaints against tax preparers because the agency has no central database to store the information, according to a ...
SC, Ala. governors OK $25 a week jobless benefit increase, likely to nix more for part-timersThe governor of South Carolina, a vocal opponent of federal bailouts in a state beset by one of the nation's highest jobless rates, has decided to take ...
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