State tax revenue into the Education Trust Fund continue to be down slightly in fiscal year 2024, as state budget leaders prepare for the legislative session just one month away. Lawmakers will learn next month if receipts are expected to rally enough in 2025 to drop another penny from the
Alabama Commerce Secretary Ellen McNair announced that startup Primordial Ventures plans to launch a manufacturing operation in Birmingham to produce high-quality medical supplies and ensure a dependable domestic production pipeline for these goods. The company, a veteran and minority-owned company, plans to create 30 jobs at the Alabama production facility over
Brasfield & Gorrie, one of the nation’s largest privately held construction firms, will invest $18.9 million to expand its national headquarters in Birmingham, choosing to grow in its hometown over other major markets where it operates. The expansion project adds a 28,500-square-foot, three-story building on its campus on the southside
A special election was held for House District 16, which covers parts of Jefferson and Tuscaloosa counties. This vacancy occurred with the resignation of previous incumbent Kyle South to become CEO of the Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama. Republican Bryan Brinyark won, capturing 83.36 percent of the vote. Senate
VOICES for Alabama’s children speaks for the well being of Alabama’s children through research, public awareness and advocacy. VOICES developed its 2024 policy agenda using a series of guiding principles that reflect the group’s vision for the welfare of all children in Alabama. The policy agenda includes:
Governor Kay Ivey awarded $3.5 million in grant funding to the University of Alabama, Auburn University and the Alabama Department of Public Health to be used to make the state’s highways safer. The University of Alabama will receive $2.23 million to provide traffic data through the Alabama Center for Advanced
Governor Kay Ivey recently announced the implementation of a major tax reform initiative that will lessen the burdens on many Alabama small businesses. Effective October 1, 2023, more than 3,000 Alabama businesses are no longer required to pay monthly estimated sales taxes to the state Department of Revenue. Responding to
The state’s unemployment rate—at an all-time low of 2.2 percent—places Alabama among the 10 states with the lowest unemployment rates. And Alabama is witnessing record-breaking economic growth. But Speaker of the House Nathaniel Ledbetter knows things can be even better. He formed an ad hoc committee to study Alabama’s labor
A panel of Alabama legislators voted to proceed with a plan to construct a new statehouse. The legislature passed a bill earlier this year authorizing work on a new building for lawmakers to replace the current building, which faces mold and leaks and deferred maintenance costs of $100 million. If
A panel of federal judges has made a final decision on which of the three maps Alabama will have to use in its upcoming 2024 congressional district races. The judges selected remedial plan No. 3, which features a Black voting age population in District 2 that is 48.7 percent and
