Tag: Todd Strange
Personnel Update: Commerce Sec. Greg Canfield to retire, Kay Ivey appoints...
On Friday, Governor Kay Ivey announced that Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield will step down after 12 Years of Service. Ivey announced that she will appoint economic...
Montgomery mayoral election is Tuesday
Montgomery voters go to the polls on Tuesday to elect their mayor for the next four years. Incumbent Mayor Steven Reed is hoping for re-election and...
Study: Gambling could mean $700M, 19,000 jobs for Alabama
Legalizing gambling in Alabama could create about 19,000 jobs and pump roughly $700 million in new revenues into state government, a study...
Steven Reed takes office as Montgomery’s first black mayor
Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed was sworn in Tuesday as the capital city’s first African American leader.
Reed took the oath of office after...
Montgomery City Council backs off jail time for helping panhandlers
The city council in Montgomery, Alabama, has rejected a proposal to punish people who give cash to panhandlers with jail time.
The Montgomery...
The Latest: Alabama capital elects its first black mayor
The latest on the mayoral election in Montgomery, Alabama (all times local):
8:20 p.m.
Voters in Alabama’s capital have elected the first black mayor...
Maxwell AFB lands $18 million for new air traffic control tower
Montgomery-based Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base will receive $18 million from the Air Force’s Fiscal Year 2019 military construction account for a new air traffic control tower.
Alabama 2nd...
Amid budget overages, Montgomery Fire/Rescue receives much-needed $3.5M grant
Just when things were starting to looking fiscally grim, as news broke that the Montgomery Fire/Rescue (MFR) Department had shockingly exceeded its overtime budget by over...
Montgomery Fire/Rescue shockingly exceeds overtime budget by over $2M: Montgomery Advertiser
The city may have just passed its 2019 budget, but according to the Montgomery Advertiser, the Montgomery Fire/Rescue (MFR) Department is operating way over budget in...
Montgomery City Council unanimously passes 2019 budget, raises garbage pick-up fee
The Montgomery City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange's proposed budget for fiscal year 2019 Tuesday evening.
The slightly more than $252...
