Tag: October 2012
Alabama Law Blocks Exposing Visa Abuse
Alabama, with what’s regarded as the toughest anti-immigrant stance in the nation, couldn’t protect one of its own in a tough-as-nails...
HudsonAlpha Plays Part in Big DNA Breakthrough
Scientists at HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, in Huntsville, were key players in a nationwide, multi-institution, multi-national research breakthrough about...
One-of-a-Kind Companies
Robinson Iron Corp. Alexander City Alabama has a precious metal—iron. In Alexander City, iron is art and home to Robinson...
They Might Be Giants
Huntsville has historically been the hub of Alabama aerospace enterprise—the builders of spacecraft—but Huntsville also sets the pace for using aircraft to get...
Spotlight on Lauderdale and Colbert Counties
Lauderdale and Colbert counties, in northwest Alabama, are known as The Shoals, and include the cities of Florence, Muscle Shoals, Shef-field...
Start-ups, Expansions, Cut Backs
Firestone Building Products announced plans to double the size of its Tuscumbia plant, where it makes thermoplastic polyolefin roofing membranes. Fontaine...
Two More Med Schools and a Holistic Center
Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine announced plans in late August for a branch campus in Auburn, accepting its first class of...
Colorful Businesses, Colorful CEOs
Life's a Beach For John McInnis III, the best part of going to work is, well, going to work....
Alabama #1 in Un-funding Schools
Alabama topped all other states for its dollar decline in education spending since 2008, cutting funds by $1, 318 per student, ...
Politics as a Dirty Shame
The Big Steal of 1892 As nasty as politics gets, at its worst you can always count on somebody saying it...