MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Small business owners’ hiring plans are at the highest level since 2022, according to the National Federation of Independent Business’ July jobs report. Up 9 percentage points from June, a seasonally adjusted net of 20% of small business owners reported that they plan to create new jobs in the next three months. […]

Here’s a question I’ve started to get asked a lot lately: “If he’s elected, what’s a Tuberville Administration going to be like?” Last year, the settled wisdom went something like this: a Republican governor succeeds a Republican governor, the machinery of government keeps running, and life goes on. Folks were curious about the novelty of […]

WASHINGTON — The long-overdue farm bill stalled in committee on Thursday after lawmakers failed to advance the legislation in a party-line vote. Senate Agriculture Democrats rejected the legislation over their failed push to include a two-year delay of a new requirement that states pay a share of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. The committee […]