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. Steeped in history, the...
Alabama Tax Tribunal – Long Road to Tax Fairness
On the surface, not much has changed in Suite 301 of the Business Center of Alabama building in Montgomery. The office is in the same...
New South Organic Farm: A Business Model for Organic Farming
It’s a chilly 42 degrees outside on a November afternoon, but inside a covered “tunnel house” on New South Organic Farm near Moundville the...
Common Core: Uncommon Agreement
On the national scene, the educational standards known as Common Core have become a political tempest, and the standards seem destined to become a...
Southern Rail Commission: Update on Alabama’s Passenger Rail Progress
The last step to restoration of passenger rail service between Montgomery and Birmingham was initiated in October, when the Southern Rail Commission completed an...
China and Alabama – Birmingham Dedicates a Year to China
China and Alabama enjoy a profitable relationship. The Eastern giant is second only to Canada as the state’s biggest export market, valued at $2.5...
GD Copper: Poster Company for Job Creation Goes Union
By a razor-thin margin, workers at Golden Dragon Copper USA in Pine Hill elected to unionize the plant last November.
The vote at the Wilcox County...
Top Business: 2014 in Review
No need for any drum rolls, let’s just do this. The top business stories for 2014 in Alabama, according to a consensus of Business...
Taziki’s: How to Cook Up a $28 Million Franchise
Keith Richards, founder and chief development officer of Birmingham-based Taziki’s Mediterranean Café, first fell in love with feeding the public at 18 years old...
Poarch Creek: Gambling to the Rescue? Don’t Bet on It
Here’s an unexpected development from Goat Hill: Lawmakers are looking at a gap in the state’s General Fund estimated to be $250 million or...