Governor Kay Ivey has reappointed Drake State Community & Technical College President Dr. Patricia Sims to the Alabama Port Authority Board of Directors. Sims will serve as the representative of the Northern District. Dr. Sims previously served on the Port Authority board from August 2020 through July 2025, completing her first five-year term. Mr. Tony […]
Eli Lilly plans to invest more than $6 billion in Huntsville with the development of a new manufacturing facility, according to the company. The facility will focus on domestic production of small molecule synthetic and peptide medicines, including oral GLP-1 treatments. Once built, the project is expected to create approximately 450 jobs, including positions for […]
As Huntsville’s small-business ecosystem accelerates, insurance is becoming a strategic necessity rather than an afterthought. From new retailers opening along South Parkway to agile tech consultancies in Cummings Research Park, the city’s entrepreneurial climate comes with new forms of risk—and securing the right insurance can be the difference between a temporary setback and a long-term […]
Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded more than $2 million to the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology to support three initiatives that apply biotechnology to strengthen the state’s agriculture and forestry sectors. The funding, provided through the Alabama Research and Development Advancement Fund, was part of a broader round of grants that also included awards to Auburn […]
The Alabama League of Municipalities (ALM) marked its 90th anniversary last week at a celebratory convention in Huntsville, touting decades of support for the state’s 465 cities and towns. Sherry Sullivan, mayor of Fairhope, was elected president and Rusty Jessup, mayor of Riverside, as its new vice president during the three-day convention. But while the […]
On May 5, 2025, Governor Kay Ivey addressed the Huntsville Madison County Chamber of Commerce at the Von Braun Center, offering her “Alabama Update 2025.” Speaking to a crowd of business leaders and sponsors including Meta, Mazda Toyota, Blue Origin, Boeing, and multiple defense contractors, Ivey painted a picture of Alabama as a state on […]
In a major win for Alabama’s public sector workers and their families, Governor Kay Ivey has signed SB 199—the Alabama Public Employee Paid Parental Leave Act of 2025—into law. The legislation, which goes into effect July 1, 2025, grants paid parental leave to public school educators, community college staff, and state employees for the first […]
SpaceFactory, an innovator in space and terrestrial construction technology, is moving its headquarters to Huntsville, Alabama, with a new facility at 209 Bailes St., near the growing Campus 805 area. This relocation positions SpaceFactory at the heart of Huntsville’s advanced industrial landscape, where it will focus on expanding its lunar research and advanced manufacturing operations. […]
Huntsville is now home to Alabama’s first 24/7 pediatric mental health crisis center, a 12,000-square-foot facility that provides 24 beds for children aged 12 to 18 at WellStone, Inc. This much-anticipated facility marks a significant milestone in the state’s efforts to improve mental health care for young people. During the ribbon-cutting ceremony on the 19th, […]
On Wednesday June 26, Shape Corp. celebrated the grand opening of its second facility in Alabama with a ribbon-cutting ceremony that took place at the company’s new 202,306 sq. ft. location in Southpoint Industrial Park. In addition to the new facility, the ceremony was also held to celebrate 50 years in business for the Michigan-based, […]
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