Staff Reports The DeKalb County Commission approved a request to amend a Memorandum of Understanding with a local industry regarding the number of new jobs its required to bring to the…
Category: The Alabama Economy
A look at uses of, and need for 7.5 mill tax
Special to The Times-Journal FORT PAYNE -- Fort Payne residents have the opportunity to renew an at least 30-year-old, 7.5 mill property tax that supports the city’s public schools. The Fort…
Dekalb Awarded COVID Funding
Marla Jones, Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey recently announced that she will award almost $2.9 million to help five north Alabama counties recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. This…
Alabama ranked high for economic momentum in 2021
By Southern Torch Staff MONTGOMERY, Ala. — On Monday, Governor Kay Ivey announced that Alabama ranks among the top states for economic momentum. State Policy Reports, a Washington, D.C.-based publication, ranked…
Gas Prices on the Rise
By Marla Jones, Managing Editor DeKALB COUNTY, Ala. — Northeast Alabama drivers and motorists across the state will now pay more for gasoline beginning next week as a new tax takes…
Super Tuesday showdown: DeKalb Superintendent
The race to watch this Tuesday: DeKalb County Schools Superintendent By: Tyler Pruett and Joseph Morgan DEKALB COUNTY, Ala.—Alabama’s Presidential Primary is this Tuesday, March 1. In addition to making a…
Specialty boat tags could generate $5 million annually to state parks
Proposal would mirror automobile vanity tags program By Staff Reports MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Today, Senator Clay Scofield (R-Arab), Senator Gerald Dial (R-Lineville) and Representative Margie Wilcox (R-Mobile) announced they plan to…
A fiscally responsible budget
By State Senator Steve Livingston When I first ran for office in 2014, I promised to keep you up-to-date on the legislative process in Montgomery. With that in mind, I want…