Wednesday, May 22 2013 12:11 AM EDT2013-05-22 04:11:06 GMT
The Alabama Department of Transportation will conduct its annual rehearsal of the plan that helped safely evacuate the Gulf Coast during Hurricane Ivan in 2004 and Hurricane Dennis in 2005. On Wednesday,More >>
The Alabama Department of Transportation will conduct its annual rehearsal of the plan that helped safely evacuate the Gulf Coast during Hurricane Ivan in 2004 and Hurricane Dennis in 2005.More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 11:56 PM EDT2013-05-22 03:56:44 GMT
The Andalusia City Council voted unanimously Tuesday evening to approve an increase in the city's sales tax by 1.5 percent.The increase will bring the city's total sales tax to 9.5 percent and the increasedMore >>
The Andalusia City Council voted unanimously Tuesday evening to approve an increase in the city's sales tax by 1.5 percent.The increase will bring the city's total sales tax to 9.5 percent and the increasedMore >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 11:31 PM EDT2013-05-22 03:31:03 GMT
One of the two FBI agents who fell to his death during a counter terrorism training exercise last Friday part of the team that went in to rescue child hostage "Ethan" during the week-long Midland City,More >>
One of the two FBI agents who fell to his death during a counter terrorism training exercise last Friday part of the team that went in to rescue child hostage "Ethan" during the week-long Midland City,More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 11:24 PM EDT2013-05-22 03:24:44 GMT
Two Alabama residents have died from a respiratory illness that doctors and health officials have so far been unable to explain. Five other patients remain hospitalized.More >>
Two Alabama residents have died from a respiratory illness that doctors and health officials have so far been unable to explain. Five other patients remain hospitalized.More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 11:04 PM EDT2013-05-22 03:04:25 GMT
As reports emerge from Moore, Oklahoma, that nation has learned that schools caught the full impact of Monday's EF-5 tornado.Alabamians have also seen their share of devastation. Eight students died atMore >>
Tuesday, reporter Karen Church investigated how Alabama's newest schools, like Concord Elementary, are being designed to save lives. More >>
MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) -
A new bill will soon be introduced in the Alabama Legislature to help veterans find jobs. It's called Heroes for Hire, and it offers incentives to businesses who hire veterans.
House speaker Mike Hubbard told a Birmingham Rotary Club Monday that his first priority this session is getting the unemployment rate down and getting the economy moving.
Hubbard says Alabama has more veterans per capita than any other state. But those veterans are often coming from the front lines "over there" to the unemployment line here. The speaker says with thousands more veterans returning the need to find them a place in the civilian workplace will only grow.
The measure by Rep. Duane Bridges, R-Valley would increase incentives for companies that hire veterans of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The initiative would give businesses at least a 1-thousand dollar tax credit for hiring recently returned veterans.
"A lot of guys are coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan and looking for jobs and we want to help the veterans out so they won't be out on the streets," said bridges, a former marine. He said he expects the bill to be considered at the start of the session.
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