Opelika

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

Thursday, Mallory Hagan (D) was in Moody campaigning to represent Alabama’s Third Congressional District. Hagan held a pizza and cookies campaign event at the new Moody Civic Center facility, along with Carl Carter (D) who is running for state Senate District 11. An estimated 50 people were present to kick off Hagan’s general election campaign … Continued

By Brandon Moseley  Alabama Political Reporter Thursday, Alabama Community College System Chancellor Jimmy Baker announced the opening of the position of president of Southern Union State Community College. This announcement is the culmination of the Southern Union Strategic Planning Initiative announced in August of 2017. “As promised, the placement of a permanent president for Southern … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Alabama Legislature announced that state Rep. George Bandy, D-Opelika, died in a Macon, Georgia, hospital Tuesday at the age of 72. Bandy was first elected to the Alabama House of Representatives in 1994 and represented House District 83, which includes parts of Lee and Russell counties. The House … Continued

By Staff Report Alabama Political Reporter Thursday, August 12, 2017, Congressman Mike Rogers (R-Saks) held a Town Hall meeting Thursday morning at the Southern Union campus in Opelika and another on Thursday afternoon at the Oxford Civic Center in Oxford. Attendance was estimated at about 200 at both events. US Representative Mike Rogers said on … Continued

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter OPELIKA— Sen. Tom Whatley, R-Auburn, has proposed several bills to expand allow a public municipal utility provider, Opelika Power Services, to expand its internet service outside of the municipal jurisdiction of the city of Opelika. Whatley has proposed three different bills this legislative session, one would allow the utility … Continued

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, June 24, a hearing was held in Judge Jacob Walker III’s court room in Opelika in the case of the State of Alabama versus Mike Hubbard.  The lead defense counsel for the Mike Hubbard defense team, J. Mark White addressed the press following the ~28 minute … Continued

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Last week, Governor Robert Bentley and an entourage of nearly 100 prominent Alabamians touched down in Paris, France, days ahead of the 50th Paris Air Show. The economic mission was described as an opportunity for Alabama economic development officials and local elected leaders to meet with aerospace companies in … Continued