WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The American Gas Association issued the following news release: The American Gas Association presented a slate of awards, recognizing outstanding effort on behalf of the industry at the recent AGA Operations Conference, the natural gas industry's largest annual gathering of utilities, distribution, and transmission operators. * * * Gild of Ancient Supplers Award: Joe Hampton, President, Alabama, Gulf Coast, and Mississippi for Spire, Inc., was awarded the Gild of Ancien  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, May 10 -- The Business Council of Alabama issued the following news release: BCA President and CEO Helena Duncan joined Gov. Kay Ivey on May 9th as she signed the 'Working for Alabama' economic and workforce development package and launched a new, more advanced era of worker training, employment incentives, and labor force expansion in Alabama. "In order to attract and grow 21st Century jobs, Alabama must have a 21st Century approach to economic and workforce development,"  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 10 -- The Institute for Justice issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: This morning the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in Culley v. Marshall, a case challenging the constitutionality of Alabama's civil forfeiture laws on the grounds that they did not provide for a prompt hearing after innocent owners' cars were seized. The Court determined that due process does not require a preliminary hearing to determine whether the government can hold onto property   more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The National Federation of Independent Business issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: NFIB is disappointed in today's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in the case Culley v. Steven Marshall, Attorney General of Alabama. Small businesses were hopeful that the Court would establish that innocent small business owners are entitled to a prompt post-deprivation hearing. Instead, many small businesses will be forced to go through a lengthy and costly forfeiture proc  more