Topic: Alabama

Amendment to spend $1 billion on Ala. road projects over 10 years approved by Senate committeeAn effort by Democrats to use $1 billion over 10 years from a state savings account to build and repair roads and bridges across the state has ...

Facts On Alabama Health Insurance

Facts On Alabama Health InsuranceWhen it comes to health insurance, Alabama doesn't really come to mind. The more popular association to Alabama, perhaps, is a Hollywood movie or two with the word Alabama in the title (and it does sound sweet). But ...
Insurance companies dropping wind coverage for 14,000 homes in Alabama's coastal countiesAllstate Corp. and Alfa Mutual plan to drop wind coverage on an estimated 14,000 homeowner policies in Alabama's two coastal counties over the next 18 months, the latest blow to property ...
New South Federal halts mortgage lending amid 3rd-quarter losses, higher foreclosure ratesThe second-largest thrift in Alabama is suspending mortgage lending amid hefty third-quarter losses as real-estate values moved lower and foreclosure rates turned higher.Officials with New South Federal Savings Bank, which operates ...

All Kids program worth looking into

With all the discussions, debates and controversies surrounding the national health care debate in Washington, I felt that it would be timely to bring to my constituents? attention what Alabama taxpayers are doing in order to help Alabama obtain leadership recognition in ...

How to Get A Car Title Loan

Getting small loans of any kind can be tough these days. Some states require more paper work but what I listed is all you will need for a car title loan in Arizona, Alabama, Missouri, New Hampshire, and Tennessee.. Most cash car ...
I am writing an article on healthcare reform but came across an interesting link I wanted to share right away. The largest health insurer in Alabama holds 89% of the market. How can any insurer could have 89% of the market cornered ...
The old banking rule of lending only to those who had the capacity to repay was gradually relaxed and then completely abandoned over the past two decades.. The total amount of loans held by 15 large U.S. banks shrank by 2.8% in ...

America's best places to practice

Though Minnesota is a high-tax state, the cost of real estate has remained stable, according to the National Association of Realtors, with an average single-family home in Minneapolis dipping from $199,000 to $174,000 last year. "Specialists are starting to see how happy ...
A new study released by TransUnion, one of the big three credit bureaus, shows that consumers are at higher risk of defaulting. But, TransUnion says the quarterly rate of default increase isn't as sharp as it was during the 2001 recession. TransUnion ...