Airbus Breaks Ground on New Assembly Line in Mobile
When the new Airbus A220 line gears up, Mobile will be the fourth largest producer of commercial aircraft in the world.
Airbus Christens Flight Works
Dubbed an aviation experience center, Flight Works will offer interactive exhibits to lure young people and adults to aviation careers.
Not Making the Grade
Big chunks of Alabama’s infrastructure rate the kind of report card you didn’t want to take home to your parents.
Roads and Politics
A permanent solution for dried up road funding includes a gasoline tax increase. But the spark of public support is essential.
Engineering Marvels Become Old Workhorses
Most of Alabama’s locks and dams are past their 50-year design life. But they’re not as ancient as other U.S. waterways, so they aren’t in line for federal funding.
Landmark Bridge and Highway Venture
Anxious to free the flow of Interstate 10 traffic now bottlenecked at the Wallace Tunnel, officials turn to a public-private partnership to fund a $2 billion bridge.
Airbus Goes NEO, Celebrates New Customers
Hawaiian Airlines took delivery in June of the first US-built A321 new-engine-option aircraft at Mobile’s Airbus final assembly line.
At the Intersection of Trains, Trucks, Planes and Ships
ABOVE Containers in transit at the Port of Mobile. Photo by Mike Kittrell Nil, or close to it. Those...
Port Angles for Auto Traffic
After downturns in coal, Alabama’s port bids for autos — landing a $60 million facility planned by two Latin American partners.
Partners Ratify $300M Air Assembly Line
Top brass from two international aircraft companies flew in to Mobile in February to affirm a big deal for Alabama.
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Market Volatility: Weighing the Wide Swings
Why what happened in 2018 is not out of the ordinary. Why not to overreact.
Spotlight on Montgomery County
Montgomery County, in central Alabama, is part of the state’s River Region and is home to the state’s capital city, Montgomery.
Airbus Breaks Ground on New Assembly Line in Mobile
When the new Airbus A220 line gears up, Mobile will be the fourth largest producer of commercial aircraft in the world.
Birmingham Scrutinizes its Workforce
Birmingham put the numbers to its job market and found a lot of work to be done. For one, its IT segment grew 77 percent in five years, creating a job gap that will grow over the next decade.
Winning the Plant, Finding the Workforce
Alabama auto industry ramps up workforce development efforts in advance of the new Mazda Toyota plant.