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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...
U.S. Supreme Court Turns Deaf Ear on Siegelman Case
Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman, who was convicted in federal court of accepting a bribe to appoint HealthSouth Chairman Richard Scrushy to...
Jefferson County Financial Struggles Continue
With no relief from the state Legislature, Jefferson County has skipped payment on a $200 million general obligation bond payment for the...
Taxes on Indian Land
Citing federal law about timetables for creation of Indian reservations, the Escambia County Commission challenged whether the land where the Poarch Band...