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Site development efforts get $30 million boost with Alabama’s first SEEDS grant

MONTGOMERY, Alabama — Governor Kay Ivey announced today that the State Industrial Development Authority (SIDA) has approved over $30 million in grants

Food & Beverage

Southern Roots Nut Co. to create 120 jobs in Alabama

DOTHAN, Alabama —  Southern Roots Nut Co. plans to open a pecan processing facility in Dothan, where the New Mexico-based company will create

Community Development

Southern Living says this Alabama city is one of the South’s best on the rise

Alabama’s Rocket City is on yet another list of the South’s most vibrant communities. Southern Living has placed Huntsville fourth on its “The

Biotech

Southern Research seeking up to $5M from city for program

Southern Research plans to develop a unique public health data system program to connect personalized medical data, including genomic, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics

Automotive

Nick Saban addressing Alabama Mercedes workers as union push intensifies

Former Alabama coach Nick Saban is addressing workers at Mercedes-Benz’s Vance plant on Thursday, according to reports. Labor journalist Luis Feliz Leon

Labor

What does ‘signing a union card’ mean? Understanding the UAW effort in Alabama

The United Auto Workers (UAW) is in the midst of a potentially-historic drive to organize in the Deep South’s auto plants. But

Automotive

UAW targeting South, Georgia as part of new union drive

For decades, union power in the auto industry has been in reverse, and in the South, it hasn’t gotten traction at all,

Automotive

Toyota Alabama kicks off production on new engine line after $222 million project

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama — Toyota Alabama announced today that it has started production on its i-FORCE 2.4-liter turbo engine line at its Huntsville engine plant,

Aerospace

Firm acquires North Alabama industrial facility, eyes aerospace hub

MUSCLE SHOALS, Alabama — AE Industrial Partners (AEI), a private equity firm specializing in aerospace, national security and industrial services, today announced that its

Sports Business

Bill Lawrence Featured in Birmingham Business Journal Discussing Burr’s Sports Law Practice

Burr & Forman corporate attorney Bill Lawrence was quoted in the article, “Local Firms Grow Sports Law Practices as NCAA Rules Change,”

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