Nedra Bloom
Drought yes, but also irrigation tax credits
Nine Alabama counties lying along the Georgia border are suffering from exceptional or extreme drought conditions, according to the U.S. drought monitor. Only...
Euro Trip Freeze Frames Budget Cliffhanger
Before he took off for Europe to cement new ties between Alabama and Airbus, Gov. Robert Bentley already had started stumping for...
ThyssenKrupp Still Angling for a Buyer
ThyssenKrupp has hired Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to advise it as it seeks buyers or partners for its pair of steel mills...
Boatright to Double Crosstie Production
Boatright Companies, based in Inverness, is building a new railroad crosstie plant in Chilton County, a $55 million investment that’s...
Arizona Ruling Quakes Alabama Immigration Law
Both those who support and those who oppose Alabama’s immigration law found something to cheer about and something to criticize in the U.S....
Rolling Stone: Jefferson County was a Mafia Hit
Rolling Stone calls it “The Scam Wall Street Learned from the Mafia” and one of the victims, they say, is Jefferson...
Health Care Stands; Alabama Leaders Divided
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the majority of federal health care reform legislation, dubbed “Obamacare, ” winning praise from some quarters, ...
Alabama Celebrates Airbus
With a light show like a rock concert and organization like a Republican political convention, Airbus announced, to a packed house...
Civil Judgment Against McGregor, VictoryLand
Milton McGregor, owner of VictoryLand gambling facility, came unscathed through back-to-back federal criminal trials but lost, to the tune of...
Vulcan Update
With a court-ordered reprieve from a hostile takeover bid, Birmingham’s Vulcan Materials Co.—the largest provider of construction aggregates in the nation—re-elected four...