Georgia-Pacific Completes $100-Million Lumber Production Facility In Talladega, Alabama
Virginia Pilot – Nov. 15
Today, Georgia-Pacific celebrated the official start of production at its newest lumber facility in Talladega, Alabama. The $100-million, 300,000-square-foot, technologically advanced plant took nine months to complete. The plant currently employs more than 130 full-time employees and will generate an estimated $5 million in annual payroll … According to the University of Alabama’s economic modeling, the construction of the plant had an estimated economic impact of more than $26 million on the city and county.
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Paul Reed comments on “public hanging” comment made by Mississippi Senate Candidate Cindy Hyde-Smith
WMPN-FM/Mississippi Public Radio (Jackson, Mississippi) – Nov. 15
University of Alabama professor Paul Reed is an expert in southern dialect. In a discussion on the origin and use of the phrase he tells MPV’s Desiree Frazier use of the term “public hanging” was more prevalent during certain historical periods.
Cannabis companies are paying federal taxes in cash and it’s giving the IRS a headache
Kopitiam Bot – Nov. 16
Marijuana is now legal, in one form or another, in 33 US states and the District of Columbia. To the federal government, pot is still a drug classified no differently than heroin or cocaine. Yet cannabis businesses are still required to pay federal taxes … For this reason alone, the federal government would much rather businesses paid their taxes electronically, says Julie Hill, a law professor at the University of Alabama who is an expert on how banking regulations affect the legal marijuana industry.
Rece Davis: GameDay is ‘the best job in television’
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – Nov. 15
ESPN College GameDay Host, Rece Davis, joins Rick Karle this week to discuss growing up in Muscle Shoals, working at ESPN, and everything in between … Going to the University of Alabama: “It was a wonderful experience for me. While you have to, in our jobs, step back from wherever you went to school, certainly the University of Alabama is very special to me, and it’s an important part of my life and my development.”
Trump’s inadequate response to the Tree of Life shooting
Pitt News – Nov. 15
Incidents of mass shootings are undoubtedly on the rise. The most recent, at Thousand Oaks Bar and Grille in California on Nov. 2, resulted in a dozen people dead in the 307th mass shooting this year alone … In most accounts, the shooter doesn’t make it past the incident of the crime to see justice. Adam Lankford, an associate professor of criminal justice at the University of Alabama, carried out a study at the New York City Police Department, accounting for the statistics of active shootings between 1966 and 2010.
Showing of environmental films postponed
Decatur Daily – Nov. 15
The showing of six short environmental impact films at the Princess Theater today has been postponed, according to one of the organizers. Janice Barrett, outreach coordinator with Wild South, said icy weather is forecast south of Decatur and the presenters might be facing a dangerous return trip to Tuscaloosa after the show. The free showing of the films “The Road to Restoration: Our Path to a Sustainable Tomorrow” was to begin at 6 p.m. The series is part of the University of Alabama Honors College.
Five things to do in Tuscaloosa this weekend
Tuscaloosa News – Nov. 16
No. 1: Nineteen University of Alabama’s Panhellenic Association’s sororities, plus one National Pan-Hellenic Council sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha, will come together from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday to host the first “Holly Jolly Holiday on Sorority Row,” along Colonial, Magnolia and Judy Bonner drives. There will be a tree-decorating competition and attendees can vote for their favorites. The winning sorority will donate the $500 prize to a philanthropy. The event will also feature a free hot-chocolate bar, holiday caroling, cookie-decorating and holiday-themed coloring pages for kids 12 and younger. For more information, search Facebook for “Holly Jolly Holiday on Sorority Row.”