The Gas Price Bonus: Alabama 2nd to Tennessee on Gas Savings
Compared to a year ago, Americans are saving almost $110 million dollars a day on gas prices, gasbuddy.com, a Maryland-based fuel comparison website, estimated...
The Chronicle of Philanthropy: Poor States Take up Charity Slack
Wealthy Americans are putting a smaller share of their income in the collection pot for the needy, but states like Alabama, with comparatively modest...
Airbus A320: Airbus Launches A320 Designed for Alabama
Airbus had a lot to celebrate in late September, with its first A320neo lifting off from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport France, its smart-looking wing sharklets slicing...
Scholarship Scandal: Miss America’s Padded Scholarship Claims
The stranger-than-fiction development of hard news being reported by comedy show “anchors” continues this fall with John Oliver, host of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight,...
Chambers of Commerce — Varied Focus, Allied Interests
Alabama has 120 chambers of commerce serving as business advocates within their communities. Yet the size, structure and focus among these chambers can vary...
The Complexity Engine: The Answer to Improve Performance
Politicians, teachers, social workers, administrators and parents are all looking for new ways not only to improve student performance but also reduce costs. The...
Memorial Parkway: $177 Million Development Plan Unveiled in Huntsville
A $177 million mix of apartments, retail, restaurants, a European-style hotel and creative workspaces will soon come together at the site of the former...
ArcelorMittal: Steel Giants Retool Alabama Mill to Compete with Auto Aluminum
ArcelorMittal and its partner Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Co. are investing $46.7 million in their massive steel mill in Calvert to achieve 5.3...
LuLu’s Rolls into Florida: Lucy Buffett Expands “LuLuLand”
Good news, gumbo lovers: Jimmy Buffett’s Crazy Sista will be opening a new LuLu’s in Destin, Florida in 2015.
Lucy Buffett made the announcement by...
Space Launch System: Welding Tool for Deep Space
The largest spacecraft-welding tool in the world, the Vertical Assembly Center, is open for business at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The...