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J.O. “Joe” Miller, the former chairman of the distribution company he founded in 1971 and a Business Council of Alabama member during the important tort reform days of the 1990s,… Read More
This year’s Manufacturer of the Year Awards luncheon is just around the corner at the Alabama Activity Center in downtown Montgomery. While nomination and entry deadlines have passed for the… Read More
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce today at the Business Council of Alabama endorsed Alabama Second District U.S. Rep. Martha Roby in her 2016 reelection bid. Rob Engstrom, the U.S. Chamber’s… Read More
Business Council of Alabama president and CEO William J. Canary is a scheduled panelist on the politics of the southern right-to-work movement during a jobs and economic development conference being… Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — An animal rights group suing on behalf of a monkey for the copyright ownership of his “selfies” tops the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform’s (ILR) survey… Read More
The Alabama Legislature’s Joint Transportation Committee will partner with local business and community leaders to hold five regional meetings in January to gather information on Alabama’s infrastructure needs in order… Read More
The Alabama Environmental Management Commission has increased fees 20 percent for most permits in response to the Legislature zeroing out all state funding except for animal feed lot support for… Read More
The Alabama Accountability Act provides state income tax credits to certain donors who make contributions to a state-approved scholarship granting organization (SGO). Recent amendments to the Act greatly expand the… Read More
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Business Council of Alabama’s Board of Directors at its annual meeting on Dec. 4 elected Foley businessman Thomas M. “Tommy” Lee as chairman for 2016 and… Read More
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Alabama Public Service Commission last week reacted to expensive federal energy mandates and helped Alabama manufacturers by approving a 2 percent rate decrease for Alabama Power… Read More