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Alabama Goodwill Industries CEO David Wells to retire
Vestavia Voice - Alabama
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July 17, 2025
David Wells, president and CEO of Alabama Goodwill Industries, which has a drive-through donation center in Altadena Square at 4701 Cahaba River Road, recently announced he will retire effective Oct. 31. Wells had led the organization through a...
Alabama farmers praise Trump tariffs on Mexican-imported tomatoes
WTVY - Alabama
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July 17, 2025
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Just days after the U.S. federal government imposed a 17% tariff on Mexican-imported tomatoes, members of the Alabama Fruit & Vegetable Growers Association are praising the decision to end the U.S.-Mexico Tomato...
Brown University releases first air quality reports for communities across Mississippi and Alabama
Jackson Advocate - Mississippi
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July 17, 2025
JANS – The Community Noise Lab (CNL) at the Brown University School of Public Health, officially launches the first air quality reports from their Mississippi and Alabama Environmental Monitoring Network (MAEMN). The five initial reports detail...
Opinion | From Anchorage to Alabama: Teaching My Kids the History Some Want to Erase
Mississippi Free Press
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July 17, 2025
On March 9, surrounded by thousands of marchers, my children and I walked hand-in-hand over the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, as the crowd sang “Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me ‘Round,” voices ringing over the site where civil-rights...
The Energy Report: Diesel Generated
Investing
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July 17, 2025
We have geopolitics with news concerning Iran and the Federal Reserve drama as rumors swirling that President Trump is going to fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. It’s all driving prices. Yet at the end of the day the next move in the...
Alabama Beware: Drivers Getting Fined $200 For Something Crazy
105.1 The Block - Alabama
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July 17, 2025
Just something I wanted to make folks aware of so you don't get a SURPRISE when you are least expecting it. It happened to me the other day. I go to the Tuscaloosa License Bureau and renew my tags. (Tuscaloosa Police Department) (Tuscaloosa Police...
State Sen. Allen running for reelection in Alabama State Senate District 21
Yellowhammer News - Alabama
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July 17, 2025
State Sen. Gerald Allen is officially running for reelection to the Alabama State Senate. First elected to the Alabama House of Representatives in 1994 and the state Senate in 2010, the lawmaker is billing himself as a “trusted conservative...
How Bo Jackson on a bicycle united Alabama after a record-breaking storm
ESPN U.S.
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Jul 17, 2025, 08:00 AM ET THE FORECAST CALLS for storms. It's the day before the last Bo Bikes Bama, our final opportunity to ride our bikes with the greatest athlete of all time. In our hotel room in Auburn, my teenage son, Austin, reassembles...
Senator Katie Boyd Britt highlights infrastructure and economic priorities for Alabama
Jefferson Reporter - Alabama
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July 16, 2025
Senator Katie Boyd Britt highlighted her recent engagements with key industry and community groups in Alabama through a series of posts on July 16, 2025. The senator discussed water infrastructure, agricultural cooperatives, and the economic...
Alabama-Based Occupi Raises Over $3MM in Oversubscribed Seed Round to Transform Property Management Payment Solutions
GlobalFinTechSeries
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July 17, 2025
Fenway Summer and Assurant Ventures co-led the round, which also included strategic investments from social impact venture capital firms Halcyon Venture Partners and Sorenson Impact Foundation as well as strong private investors, representing a...
Public’s fight against a north Alabama quarry heads to court
AL.com - Alabama
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July 17, 2025
The fight to stop a quarry in Belle Mina heads to court Tuesday in Limestone County. A group of churches and residents have filed suit to block the quarry less than a half mile from the heart of Belle Mina, a Limestone County community that is...
Alabama: Don't Buy These Items At Walmart
Tide 100.9 - Alabama
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July 16, 2025
1- Don’t Buy Peanut Butter: It's not the taste that’s the problem. It’s the price. Walmart sells peanut butter at a higher price than other stores. The difference isn't huge but will add up over a period of time. 2-Don't Buy Meat: Would you really...
Alabama DL Tim Keenan responds to comments made by FSU QB Tommy Castellanos with a simple message.
BVM Sports
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July 16, 2025
Alabama DL Tim Keenan III responds to comments made by Florida State QB Tommy Castellanos [“They don’t have Nick Saban to save them.”] with a simple message. #alabama #alabamafootball #fsufootball #secfootball #accfootball #rtr #gonoles #rolltide...
Alabama medical cannabis hearings to move forward under Administrative Procedure Act
Yellowhammer News - Alabama
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July 16, 2025
More than four years after Alabama legalized medical cannabis, the product remains unavailable, but an administrative hearing process may finally clear the way for licenses to be awarded. WHNT reported that the long-running disputes over medical...
Alabama Trucking Association hires former senior FMCSA official Clinton Seymour
The Trucker
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July 16, 2025
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Alabama Trucking Association (ATA) is hiring Clinton Seymour to serve as senior director for safety intelligence and regulatory affairs. The role is a newly integrated position designed to strengthen member success through...
The Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries is accepting farm applications
WSFA 12 - Alabama
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July 16, 2025
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Family farms have an opportunity to gain more eyes with the help of an annual program from the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries. ADAI is accepting applications for its annual Century & Heritage Farm and...
Raided Alabama BBQ restaurant linked to vast scheme to smuggle undocumented workers called ‘Pedro’s people,’ feds allege
AL.com - Alabama
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July 16, 2025
A day after multiple federal and local agencies raided restaurants across Alabama, a newly unsealed federal indictment linked one of the target venues to an alleged scheme to hire, transport and house undocumented immigrant workers in another...
Tuberville vows to promote manufacturing as Alabama governor — 'We'll grow in Alabama'
1819 News
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On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) spoke at the American Kitchen Cabinet Alliance in support of bringing manufacturing back to the United States, including Alabama. Tuberville, who is seeking the Republican nomination in Alabama's...
Review: Alabama Shakes is back, reuniting for a Chicago audience outdoors at Salt Shed
Chicago Tribune - Illinois
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July 16, 2025
Why rush the pace on a warm, humid evening? Alabama Shakes eased into its first scheduled show in eight years Tuesday at the outside Fairgrounds at Salt Shed. Performing the opening of a two-night stand and their first local gig since 2016, the...
Africanized honeybees detected in Alabama
The Citizen of East Alabama
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The Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries (ADAI) has confirmed the presence of Africanized honeybees, commonly referred to as “killer bees,” in Barbour County, Ala. This marks the third confirmed detection in the state, following...