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By William Thornton| wthornotn@al.com
Feb 19, 2019
Tetsuya Endo, currently serving as regional functional leader at Honda of America Manufacturing in Marysville, Ohio, has been named HMA President, effective April 1. Endo will be responsible for all HMA operations.
By William Thornton| wthornotn@al.com
Feb 20, 2019
Gov. Kay Ivey this afternoon announced the coming of Grand River Technology Park, along with the relocation of the Southern Museum of Flight.
The project, expected to have an economic impact of $85 million, brings together the Alabama Department of Labor', U. S. Steel, the cities of Birmingham and Leeds, the Southern Museum of Flight and Jefferson County.
By Paul Gattis | pgattis@al.com
Feb 20, 2019
The continuing resolution budget, approved by Congress last week and signed into law by President Trump, included hundreds of millions of dollars for the FBI expansion at Redstone Arsenal.
U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby, the Republican from Tuscaloosa, announced last week that the budget included $385 million for the FBI. Shelby is chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, which writes the legislation that allocates funding to various government agencies.
By William Thornton | wthornton@al.com
Feb 15, 2019
Porch pirates got you down? Here comes the Porch Pod, the product of a Birmingham-area inventor who is marketing the product nationwide as a way to thwart those who would steal your online orders.
