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Tuscaloosa County Approves Incentives for $3.2 Billion AI Data Center Near Brookwood
TUSCALOOSA COUNTY, Ala. — A Dallas-based data-center developer plans to invest $3.2 billion in an artificial intelligence computing campus near Brookwood, a project whose first building alone would cover about 1.26 million square feet, consume 210 megawatts of critical IT capacity and bring an industrial-scale development to a rural area of eastern Tuscaloosa County. The…
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Alabama School Desegregation Cases Dismissed as Federal Oversight Retreats
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Three Alabama school systems have been released from decades-old federal desegregation cases as the U.S. Department of Justice moves to end more than 50 school cases nationwide, a shift that civil rights advocates say could weaken safeguards against racial inequities that have not disappeared from public education. The dismissals involving Tuscumbia City…
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Alabama Vaping Restrictions Take Effect Oct. 1, Extending Indoor Smoking Rules
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabamians will no longer be permitted to vape in places where state law already prohibits smoking when a new state law takes effect Oct. 1. Senate Bill 9, signed into law as Act 2026-505, adds the use of electronic nicotine delivery systems to Alabama’s legal definition of smoking under the state’s Clean…
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Bessemer Mayor Kenneth Gulley Loses Runoff as $14.5 Billion Data Center Becomes Defining Issue
BESSEMER, Ala. — Bessemer Mayor Kenneth Gulley, a four-term incumbent who backed the city’s controversial Project Marvel data center development, lost his bid for a fifth term Tuesday as voters chose former state lawmaker and City Council member Louise Alexander to lead the city. Alexander received 2,376 votes, or 54.53%, in Tuesday’s mayoral runoff, while…
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Fairfield Sees $475M Steel Investment
FAIRFIELD, Ala. — U.S. Steel has broken ground on a $475 million expansion at its Fairfield Tubular Operations, a project expected to bring hundreds of construction jobs and about 250 permanent positions to a city seeking durable economic momentum after years of industrial decline. The project, announced in June and marked with a ceremonial groundbreaking…
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Alabama Arts Council Awards $3.9 Million in Grants to 201 Organizations Statewide
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama State Council on the Arts has awarded more than $3.9 million in grants to 201 organizations and educational institutions across 36 counties, supporting theater productions, festivals, concerts, exhibitions and after-school arts programs in communities throughout the state. The $3,909,400 in grant funding, approved for fiscal 2027, was announced Wednesday after…
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