The time is now for the BCA to embrace authentic free-market solutions. With the right course correction, they could help forge an Alabama economy that works for everyone, not just the privileged few.
On Monday, the Business Council of Alabama announced that former Alabama head coach Nick Saban will be the keynote speaker at its "Evening for Progress" event, which is scheduled for October 16 in Birmingham.
United Automobile Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain met with workers at a gathering in Coaling on Sunday a few weeks after the union announced a majority of employees at a Mercedes-Benz plant in Vance had signed up to join the union.
The Business Council of Alabama (BCA) announced on Tuesday that the board of directors of ProgressPAC, BCA's political-affiliate, had endorsed Jeana Ross in the special election for Alabama House District 27.
The Business Council of Alabama (BCA) announced former Senate Majority Leader Clay Scofield (R-Guntersville) as its new executive vice president on Friday.
Multiple calls by 1819 News to Scofield for confirmation and further questioning have gone unanswered, and several messages, unreturned.