Roundup: Alabama’s largest data center project gets $1.15 billion tax break, prompting backlash
The Lowndes County Commission last week approved a 20-year, $1.15 billion tax break for Alabama’s largest planned data center, known…
Roundup: Hurricane Isaias bashes Gulf Coast, remnants blow through state
Hurricane Isaias made landfall last Friday as a Category Two hurricane, bringing high winds and flooding to parts of coastal…
Roundup: Data center debate shapes governor race
Debate in Alabama’s governor’s race last week centered on data center development in the state, as Republican nominee and current…
Roundup: Staff of suspended UA student magazines go to appeals court
Attorneys representing the staff of Alice and Nineteen Fifty-Six — two student magazines that the University of Alabama suspended in…
Roundup: State has spent $68M defending ADOC since 2020
A new report from No More Alabama has found that the state has spent $68 million on litigation defending Alabama…
Roundup: Auburn Board of Trustees dissolves faculty senate, takes curricular control
Auburn University’s Board of Trustees has voted to eliminate shared governance of the university between itself and the school’s faculty…
Roundup: Ivey calls special session on redistricting following Supreme Court ruling
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced last week she will be calling a special legislative session focused on redrawing the state’s…
Roundup: Alabama Power receives portion of record-setting federal loan
Alabama Power, alongside Georgia Power, received a record $26.5 billion loan from the U.S. Department of Energy to be used…