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It’s best to make sure one doesn’t wander into Three Georges while hungry. Even after a good lunch it’s a little overwhelming.

Even more so in the weeks leading up to Christmas.

U.S. Steel, the Pittsburgh steel producer that played a key role in the nation’s industrialization, is being acquired by Nippon Steel in an all-cash deal valued at approximately $14.1 billion.

Baldwin County Sewer Service has taken its years-long battle with the city of Gulf Shores over its treatment plant in Fort Morgan to court, though it’s not clear if the court will be able to intervene.

On Fridays at Nori Thai & Sushi in Birmingham, chef Young Yo opens the Wonder Box — a container of seafood fresh from Japan 🇯🇵. From there, Yo transforms it into sashimi and nigiri masterpieces. 🍣

At this Alabama restaurant, the sashimi reigns supreme:
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PJ’s Coffee of New Orleans is continuing its Alabama expansion, opening its third location in the Huntsville metro area.

Federal funding for K-12 schools rose dramatically during the pandemic, accounting for most of the increased spending on students according to the most recent spending data from the Alabama Department of Education.

The number of schools who used federal funding for more than a third of spending overall jumped from 14 schools in 2019 to 90 schools in 2022.

That could mean big problems for schools when federal pandemic relief funding runs out, which will happen at the start of the 2024-25 school year. Less federal funding means fewer services and personnel. And those cuts will need to be made before the next school year starts.

A simple way to compare spending is to look at how much is spent on each student, known as per pupil spending. One chart embedded in the story shows how spending changed over a four-year period, broken down by the source of spending.

As expected, Alabama’s 150 school districts - 139 traditional and 11 charter schools - have a wide range of spending. Another chart embedded in the story shows Alabama’s 10 school districts that spent the highest total per student during the 2021-22 school year.

Visit this link for an in depth breakdown of the numbers, as well as a chart that shows the amount school officials spent per student during the 2021-22 school year: https://lnkd.in/ewJzpkm5

Delta Airlines is adding flights for Alabama fans headed to the Rose Bowl from Birmingham Shuttlesworth International Airport

Which lanes do you go for: the self-checkout or the cashier? Walmart is reportedly doing away with at least some self-checkout lanes — which it calls "hosted checkouts" — in two states due to concerns over revenue and theft. 

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Alabama isn’t Silicon Valley - a thriving public-private ecosystem where billions of dollars seemingly fall out of the sky on tech entrepreneurs hoisting up the brightest ideas to catch them.

But that hasn’t stopped the state’s policy makers and industry insiders from working to nudge the game a little further in the state’s favor.

Alabama state officials have given state public schools an overall grade of 83, or a ‘B’ on an annual list of school performance. That’s down one point from last year.

They also have marked 206 individual schools with a ‘D’ or ‘F’ — and dramatically increased the number of students that are eligible to transfer to a different public or private school. The new policy will offer families the chance to transfer in the upcoming school year.

Despite the number of struggling schools and students, state officials said they believe the education system overall is improving after the pandemic.

State letter grades are calculated based on multiple indicators. A complete breakdown of how calculations are determined is on the report card website.

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Master Boat Builders is a family-owned shipyard in Coden, Alabama, that specializes in building cutting-edge hybrid tugs and the revolutionary all-electric vessel. The company has a history of gradual growth and has been a go-to supplier for some of the biggest tugboat operators in the country.

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