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The Quikrete Industry Dashboard shows shaky consumer confidence
HBS Dealer
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The Week 35, 2025 edition of the Quikrete Industry Dashboard kicks off with August’s Consumer Confidence Index, which was released on Tuesday. The Conference Board’s monthly data reveals a drop in sentiment and broad reservations about the...
Master Boat Builders Expands Alabama Shipbuilding with $7.8 Million Project
Industrial Equipment News - Wisconsin
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August 28, 2025
Vessel and workboat manufacturer Master Boat Builders Inc. announced a $7.8 million investment to modernize and expand its shipbuilding operations in Mobile County, Alabama. Master Boat began work on the expansion in October 2024, with full...
Alabama mill to benefit from $250 million expansion investment from International Paper
Yellowhammer News - Alabama
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August 26, 2025
International Paper is making a major investment in Alabama with plans to spend $250 million at its Riverdale Mill in Selma. The company will convert the #16 paper machine to produce containerboard, a key material used in corrugated packaging. The...
Battery materials hub forming near the Alabama Graphite Belt
The Center Square
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August 28, 2025
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Defense has approved the American subsidiary of Australian mining company Volt Resources to join the U.S. Defense Industrial Base Consortium, with the company now potentially in line for a $100-million...
Teachers Say Alabama's Phone Ban Made Classrooms 'Drastically Better'
Government Technology
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August 28, 2025
(TNS) — Alabama teachers say back-to-school season is off to its smoothest start in years. The reason? No more cellphones. “It’s the best start to a school year I have had in over a decade,” Amy Melissa Hyde commented in response to an AL.com...
Claire’s Files for Bankruptcy, Four Alabama Locations Affected
The Trussville Tribune - Alabama
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August 28, 2025
From Tribune Staff Reports, LEEDS, Ala. — Claire’s Holdings LLC, the operator of Claire’s and ICING stores across the U.S., has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and released a revised list of stores that will be closing, including several locations...
Aurora and McLeod Software Deliver Industry’s First Transportation Management System for Self-Driving Trucks
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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PITTSBURGH & BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 28, 2025-- Aurora (NASDAQ: AUR), the leader in self-driving trucks, and McLeod Software, a premier provider of transportation management solutions, announce a strategic partnership to create the...
Alabama counties unite to protect online sales tax program
Alabama Political Reporter
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August 26, 2025
The Association of County Commissions of Alabama, ACCA, released a resolution Monday encouraging the Alabama Legislature to oppose any legislative changes that would disrupt operation of the state’s Simplified Sellers Use Tax, SSUT, program or...
Panthers announce Jalen Coker WR role change after Adam Thielen trade
Sporting News
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August 28, 2025
The Carolina Panthers created an opening on Wednesday when they traded slot receiver Adam Thielen to the Minnesota Vikings. They've filled it by Thursday. GM Dan Morgan told reporters that Jalen Coker will be the new top option in the slot for the...
Autauga County farmer Ellie Watson graduates from agricultural leadership program
Elmore-Autauga News - Alabama
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August 28, 2025
From Marlee Jackson ALFA Publications Director Two years ago, 18 Alabama farmers and ag professionals embarked on an intense, immersive and impactful leadership development experience. Six institutes later, members of Class VI graduated from the...
Carolina Panthers trade quarterback Bryce Young’s favorite target
AL.com - Alabama
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August 28, 2025
Since Bryce Young entered the NFL from Alabama as the No. 1 pick in the 2023 NFL Draft, no player has caught more passes from the Carolina Panthers quarterback than Adam Thielen. In Young’s rookie season, Thielen had 103 receptions for 1,014 yards...
Stein makes new appointments to state boards and commissions
Carolina Journal
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September 1, 2025
On Friday, Governor Josh Stein’s office announced a new round of appointments to boards and commissions across North Carolina. The list below was made public in a press release available on the governor’s website: Biotechnology Center Board of...
Farming for the Future in focus before the Tennessee-UAB football game; 2025 UTIA Ag Day Includes Activities and Special Guests
Morgan County News - Tennessee
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KNOXVILLE – In an annual tradition, the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture (UTIA) will celebrate Ag Day, which this year will be held Sept. 20 before the Tennessee Vols take to the field against the University of Alabama at...
“WTF,” “Take my ankle instead”: Alabama fans lose their minds over biggest setback for Kalen DeBoer as veteran DL goes down with injury
Sportskeeda
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August 28, 2025
Kalen DeBoer has suffered a massive setback ahead of Year Two with the Alabama Crimson Tide. According to reports, defensive lineman Tim Keenan suffered a lower-body injury during Tuesday's practice session. As per On3's Brett McMurphy, the...
Top Scenic Road Trip Through Alabama’s Coast
Praise 93.3 - Alabama
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August 28, 2025
There is nothing better than getting in the car with your favorite radio station on and cruising down a scenic road; it is one of the main reasons for road trips - to have a short escape, reset, and sometimes rest. Alabama is home to some gorgeous...
Scouting report: UAB vs. Alabama State
AL.com - Alabama
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August 28, 2025
UAB Blazers Football returns to Birmingham’s Protective Stadium on Thursday night. UAB has spent the past eight months trying to erase the sour taste of a disappointing 3-9 season from its mouth. Entering its third season under head coach Trent...
These Materials Could Cripple America’s Defense Industrial Base
War on the Rocks
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August 28, 2025
The Pentagon’s arsenal and defense industrial base is built on materials that China can turn off like a light switch. Growing uncertainty in critical mineral markets and the open weaponization of supply chains by China has prompted a paradigm...
Stephen A. Smith blasts Kalen DeBoer: ‘I don’t believe in this man’
AL.com - Alabama
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September 1, 2025
The question was simple for Stephen A. Smith, so his answer was short. Can Kalen DeBoer turn Alabama around? “Hell no,” Smith said Monday on “First Take.” Smith then got on the roll. “I don’t believe in this man,” he said. “I just don’t. I’m not...
South Alabama women’s basketball reflects on Greece tour’s impact ahead of new season
Mobile Courant - Alabama
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August 28, 2025
The South Alabama Women's Basketball team recently completed a tour in Greece during the first week of August. The trip included visits to historical sites, opportunities for community service, and two games against international teams. Head Coach...
Job numbers and a historic theatre’s re-opening: Down in Alabama
AL.com - Alabama
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August 28, 2025
Past and future The Crescent Theatre in Mobile is not dead yet. The venue dates to the vaudeville era in 1885. Patrons there have seen burlesque shows and silent films. The space was used for restaurants as well over the decades before it was...