Gov. Kay Ivey returned to Montgomery late Thursday night after what the governor called a wide-ranging meeting with President-elect Donald Trump and other Republican governors at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s resort in Florida.

PALM BEACH, Fla. — Alabama Governor Kay Ivey made her way out of the state Thursday, ahead of a winter storm set to impact the northern part of the state, to meet with many of the country's other Republican governors at President-elect Donald Trump's Florida estate.

With portions of Alabama under a state of emergency as a winter storm looms, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey is heading to Florida.

Governor Kay Ivey has issued a State of Emergency for Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Colbert, Coosa, Cullman, DeKalb, Elmor

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Governor Kay Ivey has declared a state of emergency for 37 Alabama counties as winter weather is expected to impact the state this week. The emergency declaration was made in response to forecasts of cold temperatures and potential hazardous driving conditions.

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds announced that she would spend Thursday night with President-elect Donald Trump at his resort in Florida.

President-elect Trump is hosting a slew of Republican governors at his Mar-a-Lago estate on Thursday night, seeking to get state leaders on the same page before he takes office later this month. Among the expected attendees are Florida Gov.