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Special session to address immigration, but not JeffCo<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/birmingham/news/bentley,-robert*100.jpg?v=1'>Gov. Robert Bentley has signed a proclamation ordering state legislators back to work, but their agenda doesn?t include a revenue fix for Jefferson County,
The proclamation gives legislators a maximum of 12 days to continue work on key legislation. It also casts uncertainty on the future of the recently approved changes to the state?s controversial immigration law.
In a press release, Bentley cited provisions in the law that ?calls for school children to be interrogated about immigration...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bizj_birmingham/~4/Pm1lbs_v4OE" height="1" width="1"/>Corporate jets, expense reductions among topics at Regions shareholder meetingExpenses, corporate aircraft use and delayed disclosures were among the hot topics at Regions Financial Corp.?s Annual Meeting of Stockholders today.
Regions? top executives, shareholders and some members of the media, including myself, piled into the Regions Bank Auditorium this morning to hear more about the effect the economy and market conditions had on the company in 2011, as well as where the company is succeeding and what?s expected looking forward.
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bizj_birmingham/~4/0gI3lWHErOA" height="1" width="1"/>Vineyard Vines makes Summit opening officialVineyard Vines has signed a lease with Bayer Properties for a location in The Summit between L?Occitane and Brooks Brothers.
The lease for the 3,800-square-feet property was effective as of May 9 and the projected opening date is late summer or early fall.
Vineyard Vines is an upscale clothing retailer catering to young men and women, but with a focus on men?s neckwear.
A Bayer Properties manager would not disclose the lease amount.
The BBJ first reported Vineyard Vines? plans to join the...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bizj_birmingham/~4/8YZeuNbGJHI" height="1" width="1"/>Hopes dim for special session to help JeffCoAlabama lawmakers refused this week to provide financial help for bankrupt Jefferson County through a new occupational tax, dashing hopes that new revenues will keep the government functioning.
Meanwhile, hopes for a special session that would give the county?s deeply divided legislative delegation more time to reach a consensus were dimming.
?Today, we are focused on the current session, and not on a future (special) session,? Gov. Robert Bentley?s press secretary, Jennifer Ardis told...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bizj_birmingham/~4/ZRLvF3QMDNs" height="1" width="1"/>Alabama foreclosures slip in AprilApril foreclosure filings have fallen each year since 2010 in Alabama, but a new report shows the trend is now leveling off.
Combined bank foreclosure and auction filings decreased 2 percent to 1,803 in April from 1,840 in the same month of 2011, according to the latest monthly report from foreclosure tracking firm RealtyTrac.
Of those filings, 650 were bank foreclosures and 1,153 were for auctions.
Even though the year-over-year trend points downward for Alabama, April?s filings were the highest...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bizj_birmingham/~4/G5KXluCISZ8" height="1" width="1"/>Birmingham lost 1,200 jobs over past yearBirmingham was one of 13 major metro areas that lost jobs between March 2011 and March 2012, according to a new report from On Numbers.
The area lost 1,200 jobs over the 12-month period. That 0.25 percent drop ranked 92nd among the nation's 100 largest metro areas, based on the data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Among other Southeastern metros, Nashville ranked 23rd (2.1 percent growth), Memphis ranked 26th (2 percent growth) and Atlanta ranked 50th (1.2 percent growth).
Stockton,...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bizj_birmingham/~4/9QsgkRu2kSc" height="1" width="1"/>Court expedites Martin Marietta's appeal on Vulcan takeover<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/VulcanMaterials_web*100.jpg?v=1'>The Delaware Supreme Court has agreed to fast-track Martin Marietta Materials Inc.?s appeal of a recent court ruling that blocked its takeover plans for Vulcan Materials Inc.
The appeal hearing is slated for May 25, just ahead of Vulcan?s (NYSE: VMC) annual June 1 shareholder?s meeting, where Martin (NYSE: MLM) planned to nominate several candidates for board of directors, according to reports by Bloomberg and Reuters today.
The recent order by Delaware Chancellor Leo Strine forbid Martin...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bizj_birmingham/~4/xvwz9lmx6QU" height="1" width="1"/>Hoover misses out on 2013 College CupDespite the event drawing strong attendance last year in Hoover, the 2013 College Cup has been awarded to Philadelphia, according to the Birmingham News.
Hoover, which will also host the 2012, also bid for the 2013 College Cup, which is the name for the final rounds of NCAA men's soccer championship tournament.
Organizers told the News they were pleased that the NCAA only awarded the 2013 event and not the 2014 event, which they said could be a signal they want to see how things go in Hoover this...<div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bizj_birmingham/~4/cavQjU8iB5Q" height="1" width="1"/>Lawmakers confront Air Force about moving cargo planesAlabama's congressional delegation confronted Air Force leaders in a closed-door meeting Wednesday about plans to move seven C-130 transport planes from a Montgomery Air Force Reserve unit, a sign that impending cuts to the defense budget are starting to take their toll.
According to the Birmingham News, the Air Force has said that it will move the 27-year-old planes out of the 908th Airlift Wing at Maxwell Air Force Base in 2014 as part of an overall downsizing announced earlier this year.
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bizj_birmingham/~4/FHIr2gmgl7Q" height="1" width="1"/>Inaction means JeffCo occupational tax deadAny chances that state lawmakers could reconsider and pass a plan to let the Jefferson County Commission impose an occupational tax ended with the conclusion of the legislative session on Wednesday.
According to the Birmingham News, supporters assumed the tax bill was dead when the House of Representatives voted 18-12 to remove the tax plan from the calendar of bills to be debated, although technically it could have been brought back up in the final moments.
The tax plan, Senate Bill 567 by...<div class="feedflare">
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KCP&L promotes Heidtbrink to COO role
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/BasshamTerry(new)*100.jpg?v=1'>Kansas City Power & Light Co. executive Scott Heidtbrink has been promoted to executive vice president and COO.
Previously senior vice president for supply, Heidtbrink will manage all utility operations for KCP&L and KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations, the two units of Kansas City-based holding company Great Plains Energy Inc. (NYSE: GXP).
Heidtbrink takes the place of Terry Bassham, who will become CEO effective June 1 after the retirement of Mike Chesser, who will remain as non-executive chairman.
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Report: Sprint?s Kansas City-area download speeds lag since August
Sprint Nextel Corp. not only has lost its status as the Kansas City market leader for average download speeds, the Overland Park-based wireless carrier?s speeds have slowed down since August, according to a study released Thursday.
RootMetrics, a Seattle-based service that measures consumer mobile experiences, performed ?thousands? of speed, reliability and quality tests for data, text messages and calls in Kansas City between April 24 and April 30.
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KCUR-FM names Leone as new general manager
Nico Leone will take over as general manager of KCUR-FM in August, the station announced Thursday.
Leone succeeds Patricia Cahill, who retired, as head of the public radio station in Kansas City. He has been co-executive director of KDHX-FM, a nonprofit community radio station in St. Louis.
KDHX may have more in common with Kansas City community radio station KKFI than with KCUR. The station?s lineup is heavy with locally produced music and talk shows, and its website encourages area bands to...<div class="feedflare">
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Kansas City committee approves two tax questions for voters
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2011/01/19/KansasCitySkyline*100.jpg?v=1'>A Kansas City Council committee on Thursday morning approved a tax plan that probably will put a pair of measures before voters in August.
The Kansas City Finance, Governance and Transportation Committee advanced a bill that would call an Aug. 7 election about whether to eliminate some taxes, increase the sales tax and issue $500 million in bonds for stormwater projects.
The full Kansas City Council is expected to take up the matter on May 24.
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Spectrum Fantastic Art Live! convention will draw 5,000 to Kansas City
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/Spectrum2012Poster*100.jpg?v=1'>Darth Maul meets Batman this weekend in Kansas City at the first Spectrum Fantastic Art Live! convention, which is expected to swoop in with a $3.4 million economic impact.
The convention will kick off Friday at Bartle Hall, 301 W. 13th St., attracting an expected 5,000 visitors. More than 200 booths will display paintings, sculptures and digital art in fantasy, science fiction, horror, movie and comic book themes.
Co-organizer John Fallone said the event is like an art fair rather than a large...<div class="feedflare">
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Still wishing for All-Star Game tickets? It?ll cost you
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/kansascity/blog/2012AllStarGameBaseballLogo*100.jpg?v=1'>Tickets to Major League Baseball?s All-Star Game in Kansas City on July 10 may be sold out, but eager buyers can find tickets online through resale outfits ? if they?re willing to drop the dough.
The average price for a ticket on TicketsNow, Ticketmaster?s reseller, currently is $464. The site has 782 tickets available, with $288 on the low end for standing-room-only space, $357 for the lowest-priced seat, and a high of $3,517 for Diamond Club access behind home plate.
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Missouri lawmakers pass bill supporting land banks
The Missouri General Assembly on Wednesday passed land bank legislation that would let Kansas City buy and sell swaths of abandoned land.
The Greater Kansas City Local Initiatives Support Corp. hailed the passage of the land bank bill, calling it the culmination of two years of work to get lawmakers to agree to the measure.
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Report: Ford will offer more redesigned vehicles than rivals
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/kansascity/print-edition/FordKCAssemblyPlant2012*100.jpg?v=1'>Ford Motor Co. will put more redesigned vehicles on the road in America during the next four years than any other automobile producer.
According to various media reports, the new ?Car Wars? report by automotive analyst John Murphy at Bank of America Merrill Lynch showed Ford will replace 26 percent of its existing vehicles with new designs between the 2013 to 2016 model years. That?s a much higher rate than Ford?s historical average replacement rate of 14 percent, and it?s above the industry...<div class="feedflare">
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U.S. Postal Service scales back facility closing plans
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/news/postal-service-trucks-600*100.jpg?v=1'>The U.S. Postal Service now plans to shut down a smaller number of mail-processing centers over a longer period of time, including a location in Topeka, Kan.
On Thursday, postal officials said they would close 48 processing centers in August and 92 more in early 2013, creating an estimated $1.2 billion in annual savings. (See a list of facilities slated to close.)
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Stay home for dinner ? and stay skinnier
A new study reports that a stunning 96 percent of main entrees sold at top U.S. chain restaurants exceed daily limits for calories, sodium, fat and saturated fat, USA Today reports.
The 18-month study found that most meals come up short of the U.S. Department of Agriculture?s recommended limits, the newspaper reports.
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