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Canfield: Time to end cap on Jobs Act incentives
Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth, who chairs the Joint Legislative Study Commission on Renewing Economic Development Incentives, said the state has one of the best incentive packages in the country and he’d like it to be the best in the Southeast.
Biden signs massive climate and health care legislation
With Biden's approval rating lagging, Democrats are hoping that the string of successes will jump-start their chances of maintaining control in Washington in the November midterms. The 79-year-old president aims to restore his own standing with voters as he contemplates a reelection bid.
Huntsville skybridge nears fruition with $20M federal grant
The Pedestrian Access and Redevelopment Corridor — or PARC project — has been on hold for years because of a lack of funding, city officials said. Known unofficially as the skybridge, the project will safely connect the downtown, Mill Creek and Lower Mill communities through greenways and a suspended pedestrian bridge. Those three areas are now separated by two major state and federal roads.
No. 1 Alabama not interested in a ‘participation trophy’
Led by Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Byrce Young and national sack leader Will Anderson Jr., Alabama is preseason No. 1 and looking every bit a contender for the seventh national championship of Saban's tenure.
Coach Harsin, Auburn hoping to reverse end-of-season slide
Harsin and the Tigers are looking for some renewed swagger, and improved quarterback play, as they try to halt a five-game losing streak and put offseason issues behind them. The mission is daunting for a team picked to finish last in the Southeastern Conference Western Division.
Op-Ed: Legislature’s investment in water, sewer projects paying dividends for Alabama communities
When Gov. Kay Ivey called the Alabama Legislature into special session in January of this year, the task was clear: Allocate hundreds of millions of dollars from the American Rescue Plan Act to benefit Alabamians through game-changing investments in broadband, health care and water and sewer infrastructure.