Blake Corder News Today

/PRNewswire/ -- Soaring lumber prices that have tripled over the past 12 months have caused the price of an average new single-family home to increase more...

Campaign donations top $280,000 in Tuscaloosa mayors race If politics can be described as war without bloodshed, then campaign contributions could be considered the ammunition for the weaponry. Tuscaloosa’s 2021 race for mayor is rife with such contributions, with donations between the three candidates – incumbent Walt Maddox and his challengers, Martin Houston and Serena Fortenberry – topping more than $280,000 since their campaign announcements were made. And while Maddox’s $140,637 i...