Alabama Economic News
FBI To Build $1 Billion Campus In Huntsville
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investing over $1 Billion dollars in office space and complexes in Huntsville’s Redstone Arsenal. When all work is completed over 4,000 FBI employees should be stationed out of the…
Continue To ArticleHyundai To Add 200 Jobs, New Vehicle At Montgomery Assembly Plant
Governor Kay Ivey joined Hyundai executives and local leaders to announce that the automaker plans to add a new vehicle to its Alabama production lineup as part of a $410 million expansion project that…
Continue To ArticlePoarch Creek Tribe Proposes to Expand Gambling in Alabama
The Poarch Band of Creek Indians launched a website to promote their “Winning For Alabama” proposal to expand gambling operations in Alabama. This plan would…
Continue To ArticlePolitical Advocacy Group Attacks Poarch Creek Indians
A new non-profit political advocacy group called Poarch Creek Accountability Now has been formed to ‘bring attention’ to an unfair playing field between the Poarch…
Continue To ArticleMobile Likely To Assemble Up To 100 Airbus Planes Ordered By Spirit Airlines
Spirit Airlines, a growing ultra-low-cost airline carrier, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Airbus for a commitment of 100 A320neo family aircraft with…
Continue To ArticleAFLCIO President Richard Trumka to Doug Jones: You’re Either With Us or You’re Against Us
The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFLCIO) President Richard Trumka spoke at the Alabama AFLCIO convention on Tuesday. Much of his speech revolved around how there is more that unites workers…
Continue To Article800,000+ Alabama Residents Live Below Poverty Level
Alabama may have an unemployment rate of just 3 percent but according to Alabama Possible, over 800,000 Alabamians are living under the…
Continue To ArticleMississippi Will Soon Leave Alabama As One Of Five States Without Lottery
Soon there will be just five states without a lottery. Alabama will be one of them.
The Mississippi Lottery Corp. announced they
Continue To ArticleCarnival Cruise Line Extends Its Stay In Mobile
On Monday, October 14th, officials with Carnival Cruise Line and the city of Mobile agreed to a 3-year extension to keep the Carnival Fantasy cruise ship in Mobile through November of 2022. In 2015,…
Continue To ArticleMobile Airbus Plant Avoids Impact From Trump Tariffs
The U.S. Government has spared a Mobile, AL plant from the impact of tariffs against the European planemaker.
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