Tag: David Carrington
Alabama’s largest county looks to continue economic development momentum
With the recent announcements of thousands of jobs coming into Jefferson County in connection with Amazon’s advanced robotics fulfillment center, DC BLOX’s data center and Shipt’s decision to keep...
DC BLOX building ‘flagship’ data center in Birmingham
Atlanta-based DC BLOX said today it is building a data center on the former Trinity Steel site in downtown Birmingham, creating 20 jobs initially with the potential to...
Jefferson County leaders find bond market `very forgiving’ five years after...
For localities worried about facing big bond-market penalties if they go bankrupt, consider Jefferson County.
The county of 659,000 people – once the largest municipality to...
Steve Flowers: Sorting out ‘unforeseens’ in Alabama Governor’s race
Those of us who follow Alabama politics had circled June 6, 2017, as the beginning of the 2018 governor’s race.
However, we did not foresee...
Steve Flowers: Looking at the thoroughbreds in governor’s derby
The race for our open U.S. Senate seat will be the marquee political event for the remainder of this year. It will be a...
Steve Flowers: Handicapping Democrats for 2018 governor’s race
Last week, we handicapped some of the potential horses in the upcoming 2018 Governor’s Race. We mentioned Judge Roy Moore, PSC President Twinkle Cavanaugh,...
David Carrington eyes 2018 gubernatorial run
Republican David Carrington announced Tuesday that he has his sights set on becoming Alabama’s next governor rather than running for another term on the...
