Advocacy groups are urging Alabama lawmakers to join a federal program that gives summer food assistance to low-income families with school age children.
Committee meetings on legalizing gambling and creating a state lottery are ongoing behind closed doors as the House and Senate negotiate the terms of the bills.
The nation’s school meals will get a makeover under new nutrition standards that limit added sugars for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday.
This morning, IndyCar announced penalties for the Team Penske cars, including Josef Newgarden and Scott McLaughlin’s disqualification from the St. Petersburg Grand Prix.
The Alabama House of Representatives passed a bill that prohibits businesses from receiving economic development incentives if union elections are not held through a secret ballot.
Alabama lawmakers have voted to withhold economic incentive dollars from companies that voluntarily recognize a union without holding a secret ballot election
Mayors of Alabama’s 10 largest cities met in Birmingham to talk about the challenges their communities are facing, as well as to work on how to collaborate and share opportunities.
By The Associated Press and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer
The Federal Trade Commission voted Tuesday to ban measures known as noncompete agreements, which bar workers from jumping to or starting competing companies for a prescribed period of time.