Jim Longshore raced motocross in the ‘60s and ‘70s before beginning to sell Triumphs and Kawasakis as a sales rep for those brands. In March of 1975, he purchased an existing Honda motorcycle dealership in Florence and became his own…
Baldwin County voters would be asked to levy up to a 10% tax on vape, hemp and cannabidiol (CBD) products under unprecedented legislation the county’s House legislative delegation approved Wednesday, Feb. 26. HB43 by Rep. Matt Simpson, R-Daphne, now goes…
The mayors of the state’s largest cities squared off with lawmakers this week over legislation that would require municipalities to adopt a local legislative law before imposing an occupational tax. The Alabama Senate is posed for a final debate on…
MONTGOMERY – Alabama Retail Association PAC, the Alabama Retail Association’s federal political action committee, this week made endorsements in two Alabama congressional races. In advance of the March 3 primary, the Alabama Retail Association’s PACs have made endorsements in the…
Spending in Alabama during the holiday months of November and December reached an all-time high in 2019. Estimated taxed sales in our state totaled $13,251,574,690.54 in those two months, a jump of 9.79% over 2018 holiday sales estimates. That growth…
Legislation that would place micro markets under the jurisdiction of the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries, rather than the Alabama Department of Public Health, awaits debate in both chambers of the Alabama Legislature. At its Wednesday, Feb. 19, meeting,…
At noon Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020, Gov. Kay Ivey declared a state of emergency in all 67 Alabama counties related to flooding. The statewide emergency proclamation prohibits price gouging and eases transportation restrictions for the movement of emergency supplies throughout…
The Alabama House canceled most of its committee meetings Wednesday to attend the funeral of one of the legislator’s spouses, but met Tuesday and Thursday. Meanwhile, the Senate had a regular legislative week. The Alabama Retail Association made endorsements in…
In 1999, Bette Powell was on the tennis court when she learned the current owner wanted to close The Cook Store in Mountain Brook. She immediately thought of her daughter. At the time, Bette’s daughter, Wesley Powell Lassen, was working…
The Alabama Legislature began its 2020 regular session this week in the “best of times” economically, yet the “worst of times” as a federal takeover of Alabama’s prisons looms. Coming up with an “Alabama solution” to overcrowded prisons will consume…