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North Alabama legislators, educators, entrepreneurs discuss challenges at roundtable

Leaders at the roundtable discussed shared challenges and opportunities for collaboration across sectors.
October 17, 2022

Statewide political consulting firm launches in North Alabama

A statewide political consulting firm is being launched in North Alabama. Smith Strategies & Solutions, LLC is officially announcing it is beginning operations offering public relations and governmental affairs services to the business community and non-profit organizations. The main operation of the firm will be performing campaign consulting services to candidates seeking public office. The … Continued
November 20, 2019
Sunset on the Tennessee River

Alabama lawmakers mostly silent on 3M revelations

If someone was poisoning your neighbors, would you tell them?  Would you speak up? Would you try to stop them? Would you use whatever authority you had to make them stop? Would you hold them accountable? Would you make them clean up their mess? Would you help the people who had been poisoned?  If you … Continued
June 25, 2019

Report: Trump EPA won’t limit cancer causing chemicals found in Alabama water

Drink at your own risk. That is essentially the message that the Trump EPA is planning for citizens who might consume drinking water contaminated with cancer-causing chemicals. Politico reported Thursday that the EPA doesn’t plan to set limits on the amount of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) or perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) found in drinking water. That would … Continued
February 1, 2019

Shelby announces critical funding for State in Defense Appropriations Bill

Friday U.S. Senator Richard Shelby, R-Alabama, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee and its Subcommittee on Defense, announced that the full committee has passed the Fiscal Year 2019 Department of Defense Appropriations Act. Chairman Shelby said that the $675 billion funding measure allows for essential investments in our military and supports programs to protect national … Continued
July 9, 2018

UNA Complains That RSA Hurts Their Faculty Recruiting Efforts

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, March 2, a public hearing was held by the Senate Finance and Taxation Education committee on allowing the University of North Alabama to give new hires the option of opting out of the Retirement Systems of Alabama (RSA) pension plan, and instead putting their pension contributions and … Continued
March 7, 2016