Franchise Tax Sinks Alabama to Bottom of Competitiveness Ranking

Alabama lags in rankings

By Chris McFadyen

A Little Silver in the Lining

Alabama’s economy is slowly digging its way out of the recession, with exports and tax receipts slightly rising in 2011.

Alabama’s economy is slowly digging its way out of the recession, with exports and tax receipts slightly rising in 2011.

By Mike Kelley

Advocate for Alabama Cities

Born in the Great Depression, the Alabama League of Municipalities continues to offer support for Alabama cities as they strive to overcome the challenges of the Great Recession.

Born in the Great Depression, the Alabama League of Municipalities continues to offer support for Alabama cities as they strive to overcome the challenges of the Great Recession.

By William H. Stevenson III

Alabama’s Favorite Mayors

Elections being most fundamentally a test of popularity, meet nine mayors who are at the top of the list of Alabama’s favorite city leaders.

Elections being most fundamentally a test of popularity, meet nine mayors who are at the top of the list of Alabama’s favorite city leaders.

By Kelli M. Dugan

Alabama's Best - And First Cut

First and deepest cuts in the state budget went to what are clearly some of the state’s best resources—the natural kind. As an exercise in remembering who we are, take a look again at Alabama’s most popular 10 parks and natural destinations.

First and deepest cuts in the state budget went to what are clearly some of the state’s best resources—the natural kind. As an exercise in remembering who we are, take a look again at Alabama’s most popular 10 parks and natural destinations.

By Nancy Mann Jackson

Government Green

Four of Alabama’s most successful construction companies attest government contracting is a fast track to developing green building skills.

Building for the government these days means being skilled in the most demanding standards of sustainability. Alabama-based construction companies that win publicly funded projects are bolstering revenues in a down economy, while cultivating an expertise that adds to their competitiveness.

By Nancy Mann Jackson

Gulf Spill Reaches the Courtroom

Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange takes aim at BP and compensation kingpin Kenneth Feinberg, preparing for the mother of all lawsuits.

Business Alabama talks to Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange, who plays a key role in the spill litigation that began in February in New Orleans, in the U.S. District Court for Eastern Louisiana.

Interview by Chris McFadyen