As we announced yesterday, we’ve teamed up with the Alabama Policy Institute to rank the business-friendliness of the state’s 50 largest cities. API’s researchers derived answers to the following questions: What cities have the best tax policy? Which h...

I attended the annual meeting of the Business Council of Alabama today at the Harbert Center in downtown Birmingham. I enjoyed hearing Jay Timmons, President and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers, give an excellent speech covering the challenges facing Am...

UPDATE: Sensitive information from The Southern Environmental Law Center has been leaked online and is spreading like wildfire across the internet. CBS 42 Reports: “An enormous breach of confidential information in the greater birmingham area…is exploding on...

President Obama still has a significant fundraising advantage over Mitt Romney, but the money gap has been rapidly shrinking — to the point that some political insiders are speculating that Obama may be the first sitting President to be out-fundraised by his opponent. G...