Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts mourns the death of Director Emeritus Mark M. Johnson
Mark Johnson, 2016. Photograph by Darren Freeman.
MONTGOMERY, AL
.- The Board, staff, and community of the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts shared the news of the death of Director Emeritus Mark M. Johnson, who died on Friday, June 25, 2021, after a long illness. Johnson, who was an esteemed scholar and museum director, led the MMFA from 1994 until his retirement in 2017 when, as the longest-serving chief executive of the institution, he was named the Museums first Director Emeritus. Over the course of his tenure, Johnson shaped the institution in many ways, including the addition of hundreds of works of art to the collection, organizing a number of exhibitions and publications, and leading two significant expansions of the Museum.
By Larry Henry - casino.org
Up to 19,000 new jobs could be created in Alabama if gambling is legalized across the state, according to a state report released this month
Up to 19,000 new jobs could be created in Alabama if gambling is legalized across the state, according to a state report released this month.
The 876-page report from the Study Group on Gambling also says legal gambling would pump up to $700 million into the state budget from a lottery, casino gambling, and sports betting.
A lottery alone would bring in $200 million to $300 million, according to WSFA-TV. Alabama is one of five states without a legal lottery.
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Legalized gambling in Alabama could bring up to $700 million into state coffers annually and create as many as 19,000 new jobs, according to a report released by a gubernatorial committee on Friday.
The Study Group on Gambling, formed by Gov. Kay Ivey earlier this year as legislators appeared ready to tackle the issue, did not make specific recommendations on the issue and acknowledged there could be social costs to gambling.
But former Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange, the chair of the group, said at a press conference on the State Capitol steps that the group concluded the state could absorb the costs.