Navy’s Shock Rating Standards Lead to Austal Revamp, Write-off
It was a Fourth of July bottle rocket from Australia that sizzled through the living rooms of about 4, 000 shipyard workers, not...
Lawrence County’s Fastest Son Gets His Own Home Stretch
German Chancellor Adolf Hitler’s plan at the Berlin 1936 Olympics was to showcase the Aryan people as the world’s dominant race. Jesse Owens, ...
Pay Plunges 42 Percent for State’s Auto Parts Workers
Alabama attracted more than $7 billion in capital investment in 2015, along with nearly 20, 000 new and future jobs, according to...
Tractors for Cuba Roll off Alabama Assembly Line
The first five Oggun tractors have rolled off the assembly line, ready for Cuban certification before the Alabama-based company, CleBer LLC, ...
Forbes Crowns New Richest Alabamian
In late May, Forbes magazine announced that everybody’s favorite “Yella Fella” is now Alabama’s wealthiest person. Jimmy Rane, founder of Great Southern...
Mobile’s RSQ Wins NYC Pride Account
RSQ, an award-winning digital agency with offices in Mobile and Chicago, beat out nine other agencies across the nation to brand and...
Compressor Leader Consolidates, Streamlines in Alabama
In a facility on the outskirts of downtown Bay Minette, workers assemble air compressors deemed tough enough for the most demanding industrial uses. Quincy...
Management and Corrections
We called on Bryan Stevenson for a specialist’s critique of the state’s current proposal for fixing the overcrowded Alabama prison system. At an estimated...
Spotlight on Jefferson County
Jefferson County in central Alabama is the state’s most populous county, including the largest city in the state, Birmingham, and the...
Mobile Amasses a Mountain of Manufacturers
“One of the things I find most exciting about Mobile’s economy is that we not only consume things, we also make things, ”...