Auburn unemployment rate increases
Auburn saw its unemployment rate increase during the month of January, marking another month of unemployment rate increases.
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Auburn saw its unemployment rate increase during the month of January, marking another month of unemployment rate increases.
Total outstanding debt for the state of Alabama exceeds $68 billion, according to a report by the nonpartisan think tank State Budget Solutions. Alabama's debt of nearly $70 billion accounts for only a small portion of more than $5 trillion in total debt owed by states across the nation.
Auburn is a transient college town for many, but Councilwoman Lynda Tremaine’s family has lived in Auburn for more than 150 years. Her great-grandfather John F. Heard moved to the small railroad town from Georgia during the Civil War era.
A bill that would allow individuals to have loaded handguns in their vehicles has passed the Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee, despite major opposition from many in Alabama’s law enforcement.
Alabama’s junior senator made his first presidential endorsement today. Sen. Jeff Sessions endorsed businessman Donald Trump for president at a Madison, Alabama, rally that drew thousands.
Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited the Magic City on Saturday, Feb. 27—just two days after Gov. Robert Bentley signed a bill that banned the city from raising its minimum wage to $10.10 and three days before Alabama's Democratic Primary.
Businessman Donald Trump rode a wave of momentum to win big in both South Carolina on Saturday, Feb. 20, and Nevada on Tuesday, Feb. 24. He took first place in both primary competitions by large margins. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton won the Nevada Democratic Caucus on Saturday by a somewhat thinner margin.
After years of being basically ignored by presidential candidates, the Alabama Republican primary is important this year.
Parking Deck Redevelopment — Located at 137 North Gay Street, the redevelopment of the Auburn municipal parking deck would include a new, expanded parking deck, which would add more than 400 new public parking spaces to the downtown area, a boutique-style hotel with 90–130 rooms, a 28–31,000-square-foot urban-grocery, 10,000 square feet of conference space and 4,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space.
Making political predictions this year is a losing game, and if analysts were betting money, they would all be broke. One thing has remained true this year, though: In American politics, anything is possible — so be prepared. Those possibilities include businessman Donald Trump being elected the next president of the United States.
The Alabama Republican Party is wasting no time in taking advantage of its super-majority in both houses of the Alabama Legislature. Staying informed and up to date with elections and national politics is hard enough to grapple with.
Businessman Donald Trump rode a wave of momentum to win big in South Carolina on Saturday, Feb. 20, taking first place in the primary competition by a margin of more than 10 percentage points. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton won the Nevada Caucuses on the same day by a somewhat thinner margin.
The four Republicans challenging U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby, including Auburn alumnus and former SGA President Jonathan McConnell, met at Hoover Tactical Firearms Thursday night for a debate sponsored by a tea-party group, but they weren't allowed to debate.
Both houses of the Alabama Legislature have passed a bill banning municipalities from establishing local minimum wages higher than the federally mandated minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. The bill was signed by Gov. Robert Bentley on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 25.
The Downtown Master Plan was approved last year by the City Council, and the planning commission approved text amendments last week that will place its vision in city code as soon as March, but city residents cannot escape disagreement over the course of Auburn's future.
The Southern Union State Community College system may soon be gaining two sister campuses — and possibly a name change.
The Auburn Planning Commission gave their final approval to several codified elements of the Downtown Master Plan on Thursday night, Feb. 11.
The votes are in and Jesse Westerhouse is Auburn's next SGA president.
The 2016 regular legislative session for the Alabama Legislature began last week. Balancing the state's General Fund budget and encouraging job growth are at the top of this year's agenda for Alabama Speaker Mike Hubbard, R-Auburn.
Alabama saw its unemployment rate increase during the month of December.