1+ week, 4+ day ago   (347+ words) Alabama’s largest water utility cut a $63,890,906 check Tuesday, retiring the 2024 revenue anticipation bond it inherited from the Birmingham Water Works Board. Central Alabama Water borrowed $62,715,000 in September 2024 at a 3.750% fixed rate, due September 1, 2026. The other $1,175,906 was interest. “Paying off the RAB…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (528+ words) Alabama Secretary of Workforce Greg Reed says more Alabamians are working than at any point in state history as employment continues to grow across the state. “For this year, we have, based on our statistical detail, more Alabamians working than…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (296+ words) Alabama is in the running for a new Carrier manufacturing plant representing nearly $434 million in investment and almost 500 jobs. Carrier Global Corp., one of the world’s largest heating, ventilation and air conditioning manufacturers, is evaluating Alabama alongside competing sites, including…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (398+ words) TVA’s new data center rate is designed to protect North Alabama households and businesses from absorbing the costs of rapidly growing electricity demand from artificial intelligence and large-scale computing facilities. The Tennessee Valley Authority Board approved changes to its wholesale…...

3+ week, 7+ hour ago   (458+ words) The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) seek enormous growth of government. The Cato Institute recently estimated a price tag of possibly $200 trillion for this agenda. Yet socialists proposing government spending still rely on the market economy for their efforts. Viewing…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (276+ words) NASA, which employs thousands of people in the Huntsville area through the Marshall Space Flight Center, was named Alabama's best employer in Forbes magazine's annual report on the best companies to work for across the U.S. Efforts to reach representatives for…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (360+ words) On Aug. 18, the Montgomery ISD board of trustees adopted the fiscal year 2026-27 tax rate, which is lower than the previous tax rate. The reason behind this decision was to pay back Montgomery residents for their recent support and investments, said…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (169+ words) U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) is continuing to champion data centers across the Yellowhammer State. The senator and Republican gubernatorial candidate spoke to the press before the ribbon cutting for Auburn University’s new Applied Research Institute laboratory. “Data centers are are…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (220+ words) Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen is welcoming a federal rule permanently removing a business reporting requirement for U.S. companies and individuals. The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, issued a final rule removing the requirement for…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (525+ words) U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville vowed to protect the Retirement Systems of Alabama (RSA) and fired back at Doug Jones over a Social Security attack aimed at linking his criticism of the federal program to Alabama’s state retirement system. Tuberville, the Republican…...