Roof Beams Rising in Suburban Birmingham
Harris & Doyle Homes Inc., based in Cahaba Heights, has announced plans for two big residential developments in the area, ...
Attorney General Circling Indian Machines
State authorities have shut down electronic gambling machines in 99.9 percent of the state. Now the attorney general is targeting that other little...
Walter Energy Plans 60% Increase in Alabama Coal
Just weeks after the state approved a new tax break for coal companies, Walter Energy announced plans for a new underground mine...
Legislative Benchmarks
Here are some of the changes from the 2012 Legislature: Lawmakers passed an education budget that cuts funding at all levels, ...
Books off the Public Shelf?
Books-A-Million, one of Alabama’s 21 public companies, announced plans in late April to return to the ranks of private companies. Executive...
Steel Yourself for this Big Ticket Item
German steelmaking giant ThyssenKrupp, which rocked Alabama with construction of a $5 billion plant near the Mobile-Washington county line, announced in...
Economic Engines
Metals With the ThyssenKrupp Carbon Steel Mill on U.S. 43 less than an hour from Thomasville in Clarke County, the area...
Budgeting Without Revenue
Call it sensible and austere or say it spills blood on the hands of Alabama’s Legislature, but don’t look for any new...
Alabama Development Office Rebranded
Ignoring that old adage, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, ” the state has changed the name of its renowned...
One Big Fish
John Nichols, of Samantha, didn’t hook just any old fish on his outing to Holt Reservoir in March. The cat on...
