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Report: Mo Brooks failed to disclose personal stock sales

Brooks sold up to $50,000 in a vaccine-maker's stock and didn't report the sale for nearly two months.

Josh Moon

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October 20, 2021

Retail sales people, registered nurses most sought after employees

Data collected and analyzed by the Alabama Department of Labor’s Labor Market Information (LMI) Division shows that the most online wanted ads were for retail sales people, registered nurses and customer service representatives with 6,878 ads placed for those occupations in November. Total ads are up 12.9 percent over the year. Help Wanted Online (HWOL) … Continued

December 30, 2019

Walmart to limit ammunition sales, discourages open carry in stores

Walmart announced earlier this week it will limit guns and ammunition sales in response to recent shootings.  This announcement comes over a month after a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas where 22 people were killed. A few days prior to the El Paso shooting, two employees were killed in a shooting … Continued

Jessa Reid Bolling

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September 6, 2019

New report finds legal weed tax revenue is unpredictable, but still enormous

The tax revenue from recreational marijuana sales is unpredictable and future growth uncertain, according to a new report from Pew Charitable Trusts released this week. The report — one of the first comprehensive studies on the revenue of legalized recreational marijuana — studied the tax systems and outcomes from the 10 states that now have … Continued

Josh Moon

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August 19, 2019

“Fair tax” legislation would replace income, sales tax with consumption tax

Alabama Rep. Mike Holmes, R-Wetumpka, prefiled “fair tax” legislation for the 2020 regular session that replaces state income and sales taxes with a statewide consumption tax.  The legislation, called the Alabama Economic Freedom Act, would create a uniform 8.03 percent tax on all purchases of goods and services in the state. The tax is designed … Continued

Evan Mealins

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July 23, 2019

UAB research study: combining e-commerce, salespeople can improve business to business profitability

Businesses produce goods and services to sell to consumers. Businesses are also consumers of goods and services. According to a new study by UAB’s School of Business in the Journal of Marketing Research, in business-to-business sales, a customer-salesperson relationship complements online channels, generating greater sales and net profits. The University of Alabama at Birmingham study … Continued

Brandon Moseley

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June 17, 2019

Alabama will soon begin collecting more taxes on online sales from retailers like Amazon

Alabama will soon collect use taxes, similar to sales taxes, on more sales made through online vendors like Amazon and eBay. Gov. Kay Ivey signed HB470, which requires the new taxes to be collected and remitted to the state, into law last week. HB470 was sponsored by Rep. Rod Scott, R-Fairfield. Third-party sellers will be … Continued

Chip Brownlee

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April 10, 2018

Alabama moves to sue opioid manufacturer Purdue for alleged role in deadly opioid crisis

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter Alabama is suing one of America’s largest drug manufacturers for allegedely jeopardizing public health and safety through shoddy opioid marketing and sales practices. Attorney General Steve Marshall announced the legal action Tuesday. The AG’s Office filed the lawsuit against Purdue Pharma, Purdue Frederick Company Inc. and Rhodes Pharmaceuticals — … Continued

Chip Brownlee

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February 7, 2018

Bentley Receives Failing Grade On Fiscal Conservatism From CATO Institute

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—-The Governor’s performance as a fiscal conservative has been graded, and he is taking home a report card with a big fat F. The right-wing libertarian CATO Institute gave Alabama Governor Robert Bentley an F on his fiscal policy report card for 2016. CATO ranks every governor in the … Continued

Chip Brownlee

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October 6, 2016