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National Tax Organization Grades Alabama Tax Effort
The Council on State Taxation credited the Business Council of Alabama for helping pass legislation that updated the Taxpayers Bill of Rights and created the independent Alabama Tax Tribunal, which began…
Alabama BOE Rep Mary Scott Hunter Updates the District
Greetings! Alabama's graduation rate reached 86 percent in 2013. Only 72 percent of Alabama high school students walked across a stage and were handed a diploma just three years ago. That number…
Senator Clay Scofield to Speak to DeKalb GOP Breakfast Club
The DeKalb County GOP Breakfast Club will meet Saturday morning at Western Sizzlin' in Fort Payne for their monthly meeting. This month's speaker will be Senator Clay Scofield (R-DeKalb/Marshall/Blount/Madison) who was…
FreightCar America Adding 150-200 Jobs in $10 Million Alabama Expansion
CHEROKEE, Alabama — Chicago-based FreightCar America Inc. announced plans today to expand railcar production in Alabama as part of a $10 million project that will create 150 to 200 jobs in Colbert County. FreightCar…
Standard & Poor's Assigns Highest Rating to Alabama's ATRIP Bonds
MONTGOMERY—Governor Robert Bentley on Monday announced that Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has assigned its ‘AAA’ rating for $508.5 million in state highway bonds. The ‘AAA’ rating for the transportation bond…
DeKalb Republicans Elect New Chairman
The DeKalb County Republican Executive Committee met on Tuesday night to elect officers for the 2016 election cycle. John Westmoreland (pictured above) did not seek a 2nd term as Chairman following a…
The Rainsville City School System?
On Monday night, Rainsville Councilman David Holt proposed that the City look in to what would be the necessary steps and possibility of a Rainsville City School System. Would…