Hannah Denham

6 days ago | al.com | Hannah Denham

A law firm is investigating an Alabama poultry processing company for laying off 165 people without adequate notice to employees or the state. Chicago-based Strauss Borelli PLLC, a class action law firm, is investigating AlaTrade Foods for the late March layoffs at its Phenix City facility, its largest plant in Alabama. “We believe AlaTrade Foods employees may be entitled to sixty days of severance pay and benefits,” the company said in a March 31 statement.

1 week ago | aviationpros.com | Hannah Denham

Parking at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport is about to get more expensive for some travelers, but some 400 workers are in for an even bigger rate hike late this year. Beginning Dec. 31, the Birmingham Airport Authority will require airline crew members to pay $10 a day to park in the economy lot, the commercial rate that’s charged to other visitors and passengers. That’s a 900% jump from the $1 rate those 400 workers have been paying to park while they fly on the job.

1 week ago | al.com | Hannah Denham

Parking at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport is about to get more expensive for some travelers, but some 400 workers are in for an even bigger rate hike late this year. Beginning Dec. 31, the Birmingham Airport Authority will require airline crew members to pay $10 a day to park in the economy lot, the commercial rate that’s charged to other visitors and passengers. That’s a 900% jump from the $1 rate those 400 workers have been paying to park while they fly on the job.

1 week ago | al.com | Hannah Denham

An Alabama defense contractor has ended up on a new short list of export bans from China as the country strengthens its restrictions amid the United States’ burgeoning trade war. Huntsville’s Teledyne Brown Engineering is facing new restrictions on receiving dual-use items from China, or goods that can be used for both civilian and military purposes, the country’s Ministry of Commerce announced Wednesday.

2 weeks ago | al.com | Hannah Denham |Joseph Bryant

Longtime Alabama lawmaker John Rogers has been released early from his 13-month prison sentence. A federal judge granted Rogers an emergency release after the 84-year-old former state representative underwent heart surgery. “He just wants to get home, sleep in his own bed, enjoying his family for a while,” said John Robbins, attorney for Rogers. “Wish it would’ve been sooner, but you know, the bureaucracy of the federal government moves slowly.”Robbins said that Rogers has to wear an ankle monitor.