President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster for nearly a dozen counties in the Florida Panhandle, which was struck by severe storms, flooding, tornadoes and straight-line winds in March. ...more

April 22, 2009

NORTH CAROLINA - Jesse Helms forever changed North Carolina politics and the conservative movement. The former senator did it without ever changing much about himself. ...more

July 6, 2008

A federal appeals court on Tuesday threw out an agreement that Georgia reached with the Army Corps of Engineers for water rights to a major federal reservoir outside Atlanta, handing Alabama and Florida a major victory in the states' years-long water wars. ...more

February 6, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist, Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue and Alabama Gov. Bob Riley agreed on Monday to work together on a new "drought emergency plan" for the three states to take effect as soon as mid-March. ...more

December 18, 2007

Arthur Bremer, who as a young loner 35 years ago made a bold grab for notoriety by shooting four people - including Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace - in a suburban Maryland parking lot, was released from state prison early Friday morning after officials said he had turned himself into a "model prisoner." ...more

November 10, 2007

After 35 years in prison, the man who shot and paralyzed Alabama Gov. George Wallace during his racially charged 1972 presidential campaign is scheduled to be released today into a society more diverse and more restrictive on guns. ...more

November 9, 2007

Gov. Charlie Crist emerged from a meeting Thursday with federal officials and his Georgia and Alabama counterparts saying he is "confident" they will work toward a regional water-crisis plan that protects Floridians. ...more

November 2, 2007

WASHINGTON - Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and his Alabama and Georgia counterparts have reached an interim plan to address a tri-state water dispute. ...more

November 1, 2007

Georgia has no one but itself to blame for its water crisis and Gov. Sonny Perdue's efforts to cut water flow to Florida and Alabama should be summarily rejected by federal regulators. ...more

October 27, 2007

Alabama and Florida officials will break ground Tuesday on a jointly funded project that will provide a four-lane hurricane evacuation route from the Florida Panhandle to Interstate 65 in Alabama. ...more

September 11, 2007