President-elect Barack Obama's plan to jolt the economy by overhauling the nation's roads, bridges and transit systems has local officials clamoring for their share despite questions as to whether the program ...

Entering his sixth year as Mississippi governor, Republican Haley Barbour says some of the biggest issues he'll tackle in 2009 are still tied to recovering from Hurricane Katrina, which struck nearly three and ...

BIRMINGHAM -- State officials are disputing the federal government's claim that Alabama should repay $5.7 million it received for disaster preparedness.

There is one word that can make the difference of life and death, and that anyone can say at any time.

A handful of new laws take effect today, including key provisions of a state contracting reform law.

Two Republican lawmakers are drafting legislation that would halt the rollout of changes to Indiana's welfare intake process.