Legislation

Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe has never been shy about flexing his muscle in the Legislature where he served two decades. This year, however, he's playing a lot more defense than offense. On issues from illegal Immigration to Tax Cuts, Beebe is steppin…

President Barack Obama meets with Democratic Governors, Friday, Feb. 25, 2011, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington.-Carolyn Kaster/AP It's a question that puzzles most liberals and bothers some Cons…

Re: "Planned Parenthood provides valuable services," from readers, Feb. 23 Advocates of Planned Parenthood point to its medical services -- such as Cancer screenings -- and characterize critics as unthinking and uncaring for wanting to defund the …

Miles College is having informal discussions with the Fairfield Housing Authority about moving Public Housing residents so the school can expand. College president George French told The Birmingham News Friday that the school has talked to the hou…

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin (R) boasted Saturday that her state has cut taxes during the two months she’s been in office. Talking about closing the Budget Deficit, she noted that she proposed a Balanced Budget with targeted cuts in state spe…

COMMENTARY | For the second time in a year, conservative presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich has called President Barack Obama derelict in his duties as the chief executive of the United States. The Hill reports in an interview with Newsmax TV, t…

Mississippi Gov Haley Barbour predicted that the Democratic state senators in Wisconsin who fled the state to avoid voting on labor Legislation "will pay a price" with voters. "When things aren't going the way they're supposed to …