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Area Development Magazine ranks Alabama No. 3 in its 2018 “Top States for Business” Survey

Friday, Area Development, a national magazine, ranked the state of Alabama as the number three state for business in its 2018 rankings. Alabama’s overall ranking in the Area Development survey improved three spots from 2017 and 2016. The state has placed in Top 10 of the publication’s annual ranking of state business-friendliness for nearly a … Continued
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September 25, 2018

August Alabama employment breaks record for fourth consecutive month

Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced that more than 2.1 million people were working in Alabama in August, breaking the previous employment record for the fourth consecutive month. “For four months in a row now, we’ve been breaking employment records,” Washington said. “Thirty-two thousand more Alabamians are working now than last year. We’ve … Continued
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September 24, 2018

Kay Ivey attends HudsonAlpha’s grand opening of Paul Propst Center

Wednesday, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) was in Huntsville for the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology’s ribbon cutting ceremony for their newest expansion. The Paul Propst Center is a 105,000 square foot building and is named to honor the memory of the father of Huntsville businessman and philanthropist William “Bill” Self Propst. Propst’s father, Paul, was … Continued
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September 21, 2018

Jay Mitchell campaigns in St. Clair County

Republican nominee for the Alabama Supreme Court Jay Mitchell addressed the influential St. Clair County Republican Party at City Market Grill in Pell City Thursday. Mitchell said that he wants to go to Montgomery and be part of, “Restoring confidence in what we do in Montgomery.” Jay Mitchell said that he was born in Mobile … Continued
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September 21, 2018

Small business group endorses Kay Ivey for governor

Tuesday, September 18, 2018 the NFIB Alabama Political Action Committee has endorsed Kay Ivey for governor. The National Federation of Independent Businesses is the nation’s leading small-business association. NFIB State Director Rosemary Elebash announced the endorsement Monday at a news conference at Southern Distributor/Auto Electric and Carburetor Co., an NFIB member business in Birmingham. The … Continued
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September 19, 2018

Ivey approves deployment of personnel, resources to North Carolina ahead of Hurricane Florence

Wednesday, Governor Kay Ivey (R) announced that Alabama is sending state personnel and resources to North Carolina to assist with hurricane response efforts. The Alabama Emergency Management Agency (AEMA) has received requests for assistance from North Carolina and South Carolina as Hurricane Florence approaches the East Coast. Currently AEMA has one mobile communication site vehicle, … Continued
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September 13, 2018