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Turning Alabama’s challenges into opportunities

The brain drain is not a new phenomenon, but today’s mobile society seems to have accelerated the keep on moving mentality.
August 18, 2022

Governor announces the Alabama STEM Council

Gov. Kay Ivey on Monday announced that she has signed Executive Order No. 721 establishing the Alabama STEM Council. The council will advise state leadership on ways to improve STEM-related education, career awareness and workforce development opportunities across the state. “Alabama has continued to grow into an advanced manufacturing, aerospace engineering and cybertechnology center of … Continued
September 22, 2020

2019: Great things or one damn thing after another?

As we look forward to the new year, on the one hand, there is no compelling reason for exuberant optimism, but on the other, there is no cause for debilitating pessimism as 2019, like other years, will offer opportunities where the state can grow and prosper and still experience yet unimagined problems and scandal. Politics, … Continued
December 31, 2018

Milton McGregor: The maddest I’ve ever been

The angriest I ever was as an editorial writer while at The Birmingham News was because of Milton McGregor. I wrote opinion for The News for 25 years. Lots of anger opportunities. But my most angry happened early in my career as an editorial writer, when McGregor was trying to get the voters of Jefferson … Continued
March 29, 2018

Alabama students learn dynamic career opportunities are within their reach

By Susan Britt Alabama Political Reporter High School students in Mobile and Baldwin County recently discovered the amazing career opportunities available through Alabama Community College System’s dual enrollment programs. Rivers Eubanks knows a good deal when he sees one, and he sees it in a career path that leads him through the State’s two-year college … Continued
March 13, 2017