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Birmingham's $16 million police recruitment plan sees positive results, with new candidates and increased academy participation.

Economic development generated $10.1 billion in new capital investment in 2022.

A joint commission recommended earlier this month that the act be extended and the $350 million cap be increased, although it did not recommend how much to increase that cap.

According to the Alabama Teacher Shortage Taskforce, 123 of 144 school districts have turned to hiring teachers on emergency or provisional certificates.

Alabama’s business recruitment team wrapped up its efforts at the 2019 Paris Air Show Thursday, after approximately 20 appointments with high-ranking aerospace executives, along with many informal encounters with industry officials. The Alabama aerospace recruitment effort spent over three days in Paris’ Le Bourget airfield and reportedly uncovered seven potential projects. The team also advanced … Continued

Wednesday, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency presented their 2020 budget request to a joint meeting of the Legislature’s budget committees. ALEA Secretary Hal Taylor said that hiring more officers is his primary goal. Taylor said that finding qualified candidates who can pass the drug testing and screening process has become difficult. Taylor said he planned … Continued

The Business Council of Alabama (BCA) is poised for greatness in its search for a new President and CEO.  This comes on the heels of the scarred departure of William (Billy) Canary.  The BCA since supporting the 2003 Amendment One tax increase has drifted apart into isolation from its core coalition of conservative economic, moral, … Continued

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY — The domestic terror attack in Charlottesville last week is evidence of, if anything, the rapid resurgence and normalization of hate groups in the US. And in Alabama, neo-Confederate groups and the Ku Klux Klan have returned to what could be a level of relevance. Earlier this year, … Continued