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Amazon holds groundbreaking for fulfillment center in Bessemer

Tuesday, internet retailer Amazon officially began construction on a technologically advanced fulfillment center in Bessemer. The new fulfillment center will employ 1,500 workers once the sprawling facility is fully operational next year. Amazon’s 855,000-square-foot facility is being constructed on 133 acres of property formerly owned by U.S. Steel off Powder Plant Road in Bessemer in … Continued
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October 3, 2018

Business Facilities Magazine awards Alabama its best business climate ranking

Tuesday Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) announced that Business Facilities Magazine, an economic development-focused publication, ranked Alabama’s business climate at the top among the states in a new analysis that examined performance in several key economic categories. The publication cited Alabama’s successful recruitment of the Toyota-Mazda joint venture automobile manufacturing plant to illustrate the state’s … Continued
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July 25, 2018

Amazon to build fulfillment center in Bessemer

Friday, e-commerce retailer Amazon announced their intent to build a $325 million, 855,000-square-foot, four-story, advanced robotic fulfillment center in Bessemer, Alabama on 133 acres being purchased from U.S. Steel. U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) praised the decision. “Amazon’s decision to build a new fulfillment center in Bessemer, Alabama, is evidence of our state’s excellent workforce,” … Continued
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June 25, 2018

MARC panel reviews primaries, looks ahead to general election

Saturday, June 9 a panel of political experts addressed the Mid-Alabama Republican Club (MARC) at the Vestavia Public Library. Former State Rep. Steve Flowers said, “I think we are still a very red state. The election results showed that Doug Jones was an anomaly.” Flowers is a noted political commentator, whose column appears weekly in … Continued
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June 15, 2018

Alabama not on Amazon’s Top 20 list for second headquarters

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter Despite creative efforts from Birmingham and Huntsville, Amazon didn’t choose any Alabama city when narrowing down the list of candidates for its second headquarters. Huntsville and Birmingham both vied for headquarters, Birmingham even going so far as to put a massive Amazon “big box” on one of its city … Continued
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January 18, 2018

Petition urges Amazon to stop selling controversial book co-authored by Roy Moore as a “textbook”

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter A petition urging Amazon to relabel a controversial book, co-authored by Roy Moore, which included a lecture that states women shouldn’t run for public office, has reached more than 17,000 signatures on an online petition site. The petition calls on Amazon — which labeled the book and its accompanying … Continued
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December 6, 2017

David Carrington addresses Etowah County Republicans

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Saturday, Jefferson County Commissioner David Carrington addressed the Etowah County Republican Party in Rainbow City, Alabama, at the Western Sizzlin. Carrington had previously announced that he was running for governor; but after incumbent Gov. Kay Ivey announced that she would seek a term, he announced that he would not … Continued
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October 24, 2017