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Powerful online database now available for Alabama manufacturers
Alabama businesses now have access to a solution that will help strengthen the local and domestic manufacturing supply chain.
The Alabama Technology Network (ATN), the...
Study: Entrepreneurship growing in Alabama
The Yellowhammer State's economy has grown and expanded rapidly over the last few years.
And, according to a new study, a large portion of that...
FBI chief ‘very excited’ about move to Huntsville
WASHINGTON -- While the move of Space Command to Redstone Arsenal is becoming a political football, there is no such problem with the FBI's...
Report: 2022 investment projects to generate 1,900 jobs in rural Alabama
Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield announced that new capital investment by growing companies in rural Alabama approached $1.8 billion during 2022, building on solid economic...
Poarch Band donates $2.5M to Space Camp Ops Center
HUNTSVILLE – The Poarch Band of Creek Indians made its largest financial contribution in North Alabama to support the new Space Camp Operations Center...
Drone technology helps design coal conveyor belts
A Jasper engineering firm is using drone technology from a Huntsville company to help design a coal conveyor belt.
McGehee Engineering found its niche in...
FBI director ‘excited’ about Huntsville plans
While the move of Space Command to Redstone Arsenal is becoming a political football, there is no such problem with the FBI's game plan...
Innovate Alabama begins tax credit program
Innovate Alabama is launching yet another program to aid the state's "innovative and underrepresented" small businesses.
Thanks to Gov. Kay Ivey's "Game Plan," the organization...
Report: Montgomery most affordable city in US
The accolades continue to pour in for Montgomery.
The Yellowhammer State's capital city has been named 2023's most affordable city for home buyers in a recent...
Dr. Daniel Sutter: Tasks and jobs
Economists think about jobs in a seemingly counterintuitive way. While noneconomists see job creation as a primary goal, economists view labor as a scarce...
Airbus’ Mobile plant delivers jet to Volaris
Two major companies in the air transportation business have partnered to grow the industry, not just in the United States but south of the...
VT MAE adding 200 workers at Mobile aircraft overhaul facility
VT Mobile Aerospace Engineering Inc. plans to add 200 jobs as it equips its Mobile facility to convert and modify Airbus A320 Family passenger...
Space & Rocket Center marks milestone with Space Camp Ops Center
HUNTSVILLE — The U.S. Space & Rocket Center, a global leader in STEM training for students, is blasting into the future with a new...
Alabama’s Coffee Island restoration is keeping oysters on our plates and so much more
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in Alabama announced earlier last month that it was awarded more than $27 million of $265 million in transformational habitat restoration...
Kronospan plans $350 million Alabama expansion for OSB production
OXFORD, Alabama — Kronospan, a leading producer of wood panel products, announced plans to invest $350 million to open an Oriented Strand Board (OSB)...
State housing market continues slowdown
The Alabama housing market is continuing its months-long slowdown, according to a report from the Alabama Association of Realtors.
“Alabama’s housing market is continuing a...
Alabama Southern Railroad building second Tuscaloosa rail yard
The Alabama Southern Railroad is all aboard on its latest project to expand its operations in the Yellowhammer State.
The Tuscaloosa County Economic Development Authority...
ADECA hosts broadband meetings in all 67 counties
The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) has reached an important milestone in broadband expansion by hosting community broadband meetings in each...
Dr. Dan Sutter: The debt ceiling and national debt
The United States faces potential default in June as we run up against the debt ceiling, currently at $31.4 trillion. Whether the debt ceiling...
Alabama cashing in with online sales tax
Alabama's online sales tax, known as the Simplified Sellers Use Tax (SSUT), is beginning to pay off in ways unimagined at its inception in...
Alabama-based brand lands Banana Republic collaboration
Banana Republic has maintained its status as a household brand name for decades. Well-known for its classic, timeless styles and fits, the brand serves...
Alabama duo speak at Deep Space Food Challenge
WASHINGTON -- Deep Space Food Challenge - this competition won't be on the Food Network, but is really out of this world.
Angela Herblet, project...
Alabama company launches production of ultra-low-carbon concrete blocks
Alabama-based Blair Block has begun producing the world’s first, ultra-low-carbon concrete blocks at its facility in Childersburg. The blocks, which cost no more to produce than...
Alabama’s Domestique Coffee: Reinventing the coffee experience
It’s been a great year so far for Nathan and Michael Pocus, the Birmingham brothers and founders of Domestique, a decade-old coffee-roasting company with...