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Ivey signs workforce development bill package into law
The Florence Times-Daily· 4 days agoMONTGOMERY — Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law a package of bills Thursday dubbed “Working for Alabama,”...
With vote at Alabama plant, UAW challenges South’s anti-union tilt
The Christian Science Monitor· 7 hours agoThe first time Rob Lett saw a worker wearing a red union hat at his sprawling Mercedes plant, he...
Governor signs bills meant to improve workforce participation, economic development
ABC 3340 Birmingham· 5 days agoGovernor Kay Ivey signed six bills meant to improve workforce participation and economic...
Alabama Cannabis Coalition ‘extremely disappointed’ in lack of medical marijuana progress
Birmingham News· 22 hours agoThe statement from the Alabama Cannabis Coalition comes more than three years after the Alabama...
Making high-speed internet for all a reality
The Florence Times-Daily· 7 days agoWhen Gov. Kay Ivey asked me to serve as director of the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) back in 2017, she made one thing...
U.S. autoworkers union seeks tough victory at Mercedes plant in Alabama
NBC NEWS· 1 day agoWorkers at a Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama began voting Monday on whether to join the United Auto...
Alabama sends first-of-its-kind child care tax credit bill to Gov. Kay Ivey’s desk
Birmingham News· 7 days agoLegislation that aims to boost both struggling child care providers and assist working families is...
Why states are suddenly making it a crime to sell lab-grown meat
Washington Post via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoLab-grown meat isn’t on grocery store shelves in the United States and it isn’t coming anytime soon,...
Bill allowing traffic cameras to combat Birmingham street racing heads to governor's desk
ABC 3340 Birmingham· 6 days agoWoodfin said HB 474 will now go to Governor Kay Ivey's desk for approval. In other efforts to combat exhibition driving, the city's police department announced ...
Alabama's push to legalize gambling dies in the state Senate
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe Alabama Gaming Commission, created by HB152, would have regulated the approved forms of gambling...