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Company vying to build Alabama’s prisons seeks foreign funding as most U.S. firms cut ties

One of the two private prison companies vying to build Alabama’s new prisons is looking to a Japanese Bank for financing after many U.S. banks have cut ties with businesses that detain immigrants and run for-profit prisons.  Tennessee-based CoreCivic, one of four companies that Gov. Kay Ivey’s office in November announced  will move forward in … Continued
December 19, 2019

County commissioners report: 2015 prison reform led to less prisoners in prison but more in county jails

Wednesday, the Executive Director of the Association of County Commissions of Alabama Sonny Brasfield told county commissioners that sentencing reform in 2015 has shifted more prisoners and the costs of those prisons from state prisons to county jails and county budgets. “I let you down,” Brasfield told the commissioners. In 2015, the state legislature passed … Continued
December 11, 2019

Aderholt announces that USDA is making a $62 million investment in rural broadband in Alabama

Thursday, Congressman Robert Aderholt, R-Haleyville, announces that USDA is spending $62 million to expand broadband in rural Alabama. “This morning the USDA is announcing an investment of 62 million dollars to improve access to high speed internet in Alabama,” Aderholt said. “This is part of money my office and I helped secure in 2018 as … Continued
December 6, 2019

Shelby announces $650,000 in FAA funding for Eufaula’s Weedon Field

Friday, U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) announced that Weedon Field in Eufaula is receiving $650,000 in funding from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the rehabilitation and expansion of the existing apron. This FAA grant is awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) as part of the agency’s efforts to support airport infrastructure improvements. … Continued
November 25, 2019

Gov. Ivey awards $18.7 million to improve infrastructure in 58 Alabama communities

Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded $18.7 million in grants for improvements in 58 Alabama communities. The funds from the Community Development Block Grant program will enable communities to provide water, improve roads and sewage systems, construct public community buildings and remove blight. “Community Development Block Grants are vital to Alabama communities wanting to raise living … Continued
November 21, 2019

Hyundai to build the Santa Cruz in Montgomery adding 200 jobs

Wednesday, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) announced that Hyundai would add another product line at its Montgomery assembly plant. The Hyundai Santa Cruz will now also be built in Montgomery. The decision means 200 more jobs at the Montgomery plant. Governor Kay Ivey joined Hyundai executives and local leaders to announce that Hyundai plans to … Continued
November 14, 2019

Shelby announces New Southwest Alabama Regional Airport in Clarke County

Wednesday, U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has authorized the transition of the current Thomasville Airport in Thomasville, Alabama, into a new regional airport for residents across the southwest region of Alabama. The current local Thomasville airport will officially become the Southwest Alabama Regional Airport. “The recent growth and … Continued
November 14, 2019

ADECA accepting grant applications to improve inland ports

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey’s office recently announced that the state’s inland port authorities and related groups can now apply for grants of up to $1 million through the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs.  The grants will pay for infrastructure improvements at inland ports, located along the state’s inland waterways. Such improvements include new … Continued
October 29, 2019

Alabama ranked third least energy efficient state in nation

A personal finance website ranked Alabama as the third least energy-efficient state in the nation and ranked 45th in home energy efficiency and 47th in vehicle fuel efficiency.  The Washington D.C.-based website Wallethub used “degree day” data – a measure how how cold or warm an area is compared to a standard temperature – from … Continued
October 17, 2019

Alabama PSC commissioners signed letter written by coal lobbying group, sent them to federal agency

Alabama Public Service commissioners Chip Beeker and Jeremy Oden both signed their names to letters they did not write and sent them to a federal agency on behalf of a coal lobbying firm.  The body of Beeker’s Sept. 6 letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) was virtually identical to letters written by utility … Continued
October 16, 2019