Chris McFadyen
PPP Loans: When “Never Mind” is the Right Thing
On July 6, the U.S. Treasury Department released a database on the Payroll Protection Program, the recently ended business relief program that administered $700...
Mobile Bay Group Battles for Watershed Improvements
Efforts to maintain water quality in areas of rapid residential growth are a balancing act for many communities, especially in coastal areas such as...
Top Headlines: Millions more file for unemployment, Apple, Google’s contact tracing barely used
Job picture worsens, millions more file for unemployment
New claims for unemployment benefits rose last week for the first time in four months — since...
Briggs & Stratton Files for Bankruptcy
It is uncertain what impact the bankruptcy filing by Briggs & Stratton will have on its plant in Auburn, where the company's 575 workers...
Top Headlines: Missed housing payments piling up, PNC shuttering 52 branches
Missed housing payments piling up, Alabama 3rd worst
Nearly 43.4 million Americans — or 25.3% of the adult population — either missed last month’s rent...
Alabama 3rd Fastest Growth in Amazon Small Business Sales
Alabama has had the third fastest growing sales in the country for small and medium sized businesses using the Amazon online sales network, according...
Top Headlines: Aldi eyes Baldwin County expansion, Alabama could lose House seat based on...
Aldi U.S. eyes expansion into 38th state after opening 2,000th store
Aldi is setting the foundation for a Gulf Coast expansion. Plans call for the...
Vote ‘Grand’ in Historic Hotels Poll
The Grand Hotel in Point Clear, Alabama is in the running for the top 10 historic hotels, in a poll by USA Today that...
Top Headlines: Innovation Factory Hub planned for Huntsville, Briggs & Stratton files for bankruptcy...
SAIC to open new Innovation Factory Hub in Huntsville
Science Applications International has announced plans to expand with a new Innovation Factory Hub in Huntsville....
Mercedes Closing Sedan Production in Alabama
A major line of the Mercedes plant in Tuscaloosa will be shutting down soon — the line that employs some 1,000 workers in the...