3 North Alabama counties rank on top for state’s defense spending in 2019
Madison County topped the list!
Posted: Mar 2, 2021 8:42 PM
Posted By: Ashley Thusius
Multiple North Alabama counties ranked on top for the state’s defense spending in 2019.
The Department of Defense’s defense spending for fiscal year 2019 has three North Alabama counties among the top 10 in the state, with the home of the U.S. Army’s Redstone Arsenal, Madison County, at #1.
“It comes as no surprise Redstone Arsenal is the economic engine that drives not only Madison County’s economy but the economy for the entire north Alabama region,” said Madison County Commission Chairman Dale Strong on Monday. “The continued growth and development of Redstone and the many agencies on this federal campus, as well as the corporations that support these agencies, is paramount to the success of our regional economy.”
With 3 weeks left, will NJ Transit make critical federal deadline?
Updated Dec 10, 2020;
Tick tock. There are 21 days and counting.
Those aren’t the shopping days until Christmas, it’s the time left for NJ Transit to meet a Dec. 31 deadline to have a federally-mandated safety system called Positive Train Control running and approved.
The stakes are high - there are no more extensions and if they blow it, trains will either stop running on Jan. 1 or the railroad will be fined $27,000 a day if they run.
NJ Transit and the contractor hired to install the $337 million safety system sounded cool when they delivered the final progress report at NJ Transit’s Wednesday board meeting.