Lovely Fairhope Charged with Environmental Nastiness
The City of Fairhope, one of the most upscale cities in Alabama, stands accused by the state of five years of flagrant and repeated...
Post-Covid, Foreign Investment Rules Tighten
Owners and investors need to know —
expansion of regulations
gaps closed in national security reviews
new inclusion of medical supplies and food
non-controlling...
Winners, Losers from This Year’s Legislative Session
As we began 2020, lawmakers had high hopes for the regular session. The economy was booming, state revenue was up and there was even...
Breaking Down Alabama’s New ‘Safer at Home’ Order
At a press conference April 28, Gov. Kay Ivey announced a partial relaxation of restrictions she imposed, on March 27, in an earlier Stay...
Jones Urges Creation of Health Care Manufacturing Task Force
With visions of a new wave of industrial renaissance for Alabama, U.S. Sen. Doug Jones has urged Gov. Kay Ivey to create a health...
Alabama Unemployment Claims Steady vs. Florida Logjam
Comparisons of Alabama to its neighbors, particularly Florida, usually do not invite good will for Alabama. But Alabamians out of work because of the...
The State Giveth and the State Taketh Away: Occupational Taxes
Alabama municipalities must seek state approval to levy occupational taxes
463 Alabama Cities and Towns Queue for CARES Relief
Alabama's 463 cities and towns are in the virus crisis queue for their share of the $1.9 billion the CARES Act appears to have...
Cam Ward: Back Local Retail in Ala.’s Sales-Tax Economy
This is part of a continuing series of commentaries by Alabama business and community leaders about the coronavirus crisis.
Law Software Entrepreneur Raises $1.5 Million
Former practicing attorney turned entrepreneur Lauren Sturdivant recently raised $1.5 million in Series Seed II investment funding for the Birmingham company she founded in...