NEW: More cash is pouring into the race to be Mobile’s next mayor, as Alabama State Rep. Barbara Drummond faces former Mobile County District Judge Spiro Cheriogotis in the runoff on Sept. 23. w/ @johnsharp99.bsky.social: www.al.com/news/mobile/...

Most people won't be able to tell you were tiny Lipscomb, Ala. is located, but more thanks to social media more than 1 million people have seen the tense showdown between the town's police officers and three teenage girls. www.al.com/news/birming...

The former lawyer for the Birmingham Water Works has sued the utility seeking backpay & demanding cash to end his contract. Damages could exceed $1.3 million. A new regional board cancelled the old contact & fired Mark Parnell shortly after talking over. www.al.com/news/birming...

Big bucks flowed through Birmingham's recent mayoral race where Mayor Randall Woodfin ran a political juggernaut flushed with cash. @hdenham.bsky.social breaks it all down. al.com/news/birming...

Birmingham's incumbent mayor brought in more than 80% of all the fundraising in the race that concluded last week www.al.com/news/birming...

NEW: Alabama employers have announced more jobs cut in mass layoffs so far in 2025 than all of last year. But employment in the state is also up. So what's going on? www.al.com/business/202...

A contentious $14 billion data center proposed for Bessemer is on hold for now following a delay by city leaders. Even supporters say more due diligence is needed before the massive project gets an ok. www.al.com/news/birming...

NEW: A company with Alabama origins for more than 120 years is now consolidating its business + shutting down distribution in the same city it was founded in. www.al.com/business/202...

NEW: The Bessemer City Council postponed their vote today on rezoning nearly 700 acres of mostly timber to make way for a data center campus www.al.com/business/202...

NEW: The drag bar was planned at the site of the old Hush Lounge where a mass shooting happened last fall. www.al.com/business/202...

NEW: Someone in Brookside deleted the police department’s emails, per attorneys for a group of drivers suing the town over allegations of ticketing for profit. Here's the latest in the federal case, one of more than a dozen filed against the town: www.al.com/crime/2025/0...

NEW: An eight-year-old girl from Alabama is among the victims of a deadly flash flood that struck central Texas on Friday. Here's what we know: www.al.com/news/2025/07...

NEW: The University of North Alabama has transitioned its custodial services to a private company. Here's how it's affecting workers: www.al.com/business/202...

NEW: Birmingham, Mountain Brook are among cities that shrank as far-flung suburbs in the metro boom. w/ @ramseyarchibald.bsky.social: www.al.com/news/2025/05...

NEW: Here’s how Sen. Tommy Tuberville's trading compares to other politicians like Democrat Nancy Pelosi, the former Speaker of the House. www.al.com/politics/202...

NEW: Delved into the last six years of the Alabama senator's stock trading. He's one of the most prolific traders in Congress, and some of his trades raise questions about potential conflicts with his committees. w/ Howard Koplowitz: www.al.com/politics/202...

Alabama's Tommy Tuberville is not the richest member of Congress and he may not be the most successful stock trader. But his trading does catch a lot of attention. (New from @hdenham.bsky.social + Howard Koplowitz for @al.com) www.al.com/politics/202...

NEW: A cloud technology company says it is laying off 65 workers in Montgomery. www.al.com/business/202...

A man is dead after Mobile police say another man potentially shot him during a “domestic-related” homicide on Sunday morning. www.al.com/crime/2025/0...

The Birmingham meteorologist asked viewers to "hold off on the anger and rage" as weather personnel adjust to the Gulf of America's name change. www.al.com/news/2025/05...

‘Law and Order’ star donates $1 million to historically Black Alabama college www.al.com/news/2025/05...

NEW: Women who sued a Birmingham hospital, alleging they were sexually assaulted by a man working in the psychiatric unit, are again asking a judge to hold the hospital in contempt. Here's the latest: www.al.com/news/2025/04...

NEW: Alabama is home to nearly 100,000 federal workers, as of the latest data. Here's what we know about them amid mass firings. w/ @ramseyarchibald.bsky.social www.al.com/news/2025/05...

NEW: A small county in Alabama’s rural Wiregrass region is home to the state’s highest share of federal workers. Here are the others in the state's top five counties. w/ @ramseyarchibald.bsky.social www.al.com/news/2025/05...

A court fight has moved back plans for a $14 billion data center in a small city outside Birmingham. Here's what we know: www.al.com/business/202...

NEW: A law firm is investigating an Alabama poultry processing company for laying off 165 people without adequate notice to employees or the state. www.al.com/business/202...

NEW: Parking at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport is about to get more expensive for some travelers -- especially workers who commute via the airport. www.al.com/business/202...

Critics slam Birmingham Water Works Board of "cowardice" move for limiting public input with new rules. The utility is accused of dodging criticism and hiding from its customers with the new restrictions. www.al.com/news/birming...

NEW: China’s Ministry of Commerce on Wednesday added the Alabama company to a new list of export restrictions. www.al.com/business/202...

NEW: Former longtime Alabama lawmaker John Rogers has been released early from his 13-month prison sentence. Now he's home. W @hdenham.bsky.social www.al.com/crime/2025/0...

NEW: Longtime Alabama lawmaker John Rogers has been released early from his 13-month prison sentence. Now he's home. w/ @newsmanbryant.bsky.social: www.al.com/crime/2025/0...

NEW: A manufacturing plant is shutting down its operations in Alabama and laying off 220 employees. Statewide, mass layoffs are really high this year so far: www.al.com/business/202...

NEW: The people elected to run Alabama’s largest county haven’t been getting the receipts from their favorite nonprofits and local projects. Barnett Wright (The Birmingham Times) and I dug into it: www.al.com/news/birming...

NEW: The expected job cuts bring Alabama’s tally of employees impacted by mass layoffs in 2025 to nearly 2,300 – already surpassing the count for last year. www.al.com/business/202...

NEW: Nearly half of the total $3.5 billion investment in Alabama's economy from foreign companies in 2024 came from India alone — for just one project. www.al.com/business/202...

The tariffs have already had some effect on decisions. Earlier this week, Hyundai announced $21 billion in investments in U.S. manufacturing, while Mazda has floated the idea of moving more of its production to Alabama in response to the tariffs.

NEW: Nearly a third of all new jobs announced across the state last year went to a single county in south Alabama, according to a new report. www.al.com/business/202...

Job openings in Alabama are on the rise, especially for nurses, retail workers and truck drivers. www.al.com/business/202...

Grateful and excited to have won a @sabew.bsky.social Best in Business award in the business of sports division! Read my story here about the secretive nonprofit collective for UA student athletes: www.al.com/alabama/2024...

Fantastic on-the-ground reporting from Selma yesterday for the 60th anniversary of the pivotal civil rights march, from my colleague @newsmanbryant.bsky.social www.al.com/news/birming...

NEW: An Alabama food distributor plans to lay off more than 60 employees in the coming months. www.al.com/business/202...

NEW: Just hours before she died, Grammy-nominated singer Angie Stone performed for the last time at a Mardi Gras ball in Mobile, Ala. on Friday evening. Attendees praised her performance - see clips of it here: www.al.com/news/2025/03...

NEW: A lingerie distributor is shutting down its facility in south Alabama. www.al.com/business/202...

EXCLUSIVE: Environmental nonprofit The Nature Conservancy was told by @noaa.gov to rename its conservation program to "Gulf of America" or lose federal funding, @jael.bsky.social reports.

NEW: The expected job cuts bring Alabama’s tally on employees impacted by mass layoffs to nearly 1,500 so far this year. www.al.com/business/202...

NEW: “Each time we come to court, there’s always an attorney here. And there’s always an attorney here with excuses. Don’t go down that road." Strong words from Jefferson County judge against a Birmingham hospital in fight over ex-employee records: www.al.com/crime/2025/0...

Boeing is laying off employees in Alabama again. Here's how NASA is involved www.al.com/business/202...

New legislation proposed in the Alabama state house this week would exempt college athletes from paying state income tax on their NIL compensation. www.al.com/sports/2025/...

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