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New Pilot Program Will Offer Housing, Resources to People Leaving Prison
Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin speaks during a press conference announcing the Birmingham Reentry Alliance. (Photo byMary Scott Hodgin, WBHM) Birmingham city officials and local advocates are...
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Alabama to Begin Working With a Consulting Company That’s Under Criminal...
The state of Alabama is working with the international consulting giant McKinsey & Company to help put together a new strategic economic growth plan. But, just days after the state announced the...
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DA Raises Prosecutors’ Salaries to Retain Staff
Jefferson County District Attorney Danny Carr speaks to the Jefferson County Commission on May 7, 2024. (Photo by Solomon Crenshaw Jr.) District Attorney Danny Carr told the Jefferson County Commission...
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Birmingham Council Nixes Parking Minimums Citywide; Mayor Voices Frustration...
REV Birmingham President and CEO Dave Fleming was one of nearly 20 people speaking Tuesday to the City Council in support of changes to Birmingham’s parking ordinances. (Source: City meeting stream)...
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Missed Garbage Pickup Is No Joke for Frustrated Residents
Jefferson County Commissioner Joe Knight (Photo by Solomon Crenshaw Jr.) UPDATED — Joe Knight demonstrated Tuesday that he can deliver a punchline. County Commission President Jimmie Stephens told his...
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JeffCo Allots $90,000 for Displays Highlighting History of Bham Barons
Kenneth Cunningham, deputy director of the Negro Southern League Museum, speaks during the Jefferson County Commission meeting May 9, 2024. (Photo by Solomon Crenshaw Jr.) The Jefferson County...
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Birmingham Council OKS Citizen Observer Patrol Unit Despite Safety Concerns
The Birmingham City Council discussed two citizen-powered anti-violence programs on May 14, 2024. (Source: City Council livestream) The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday narrowly passed a measure to...
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Birmingham Council Approves Incentives for Coca-Cola to Redevelop Former...
Historic photo of Stockham Valve & Fittings. (Library of Congress, 1968) The old Stockham Valve and Fittings site in Kingston could be rehabilitated under a plan presented to the Birmingham Council...
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Proponents of a Gaza Ceasefire Resolution Continue Call for Birmingham...
Birmingham resident and University of Alabama history professor Janek Wasserman speaks to the City Council on Tuesday urging members to adopt a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. (Source: City...
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Alabama Coal Company Sued for a Home Explosion That Killed a Man Is...
The grave of W.M. Griffice in the Oak Grove community of Jefferson County. Griffice died from injuries he suffered in a home explosion on March 8. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News OAK GROVE —...
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Alabama, Mississippi Among U.S. Leaders for Juvenile Life Without Parole...
Gulf South states dole out some of the most life without parole sentences to children, with the bulk of those sentences handed down to children of color, a new study shows. Mississippi and Alabama are...
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Even Watching Exhibition Driving in Birmingham Now Illegal
Santeri Viinamäki, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Now it’s not just a crime to participate directly in exhibition driving in Birmingham, it’s illegal to stand around and watch the people who do....
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JeffCo Considering $2M for New Coca-Cola Development
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United’s Hafaz Chandiwala is flanked by Jefferson County commissioners Joe Knight, left, and Mike Bolin during the commission’s May 21, 2024 committee meeting. (Photo by Solomon...
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The Long View: Coca-Cola CEO Discusses New Project as JeffCo OKs $2M Investment
Rendering of the plans for a new Coca-Cola Bottling Company United headquarters. (Source: Coca-Cola) Mike Suco said Coca-Cola United looks well beyond the present when it looks into the future. “We are...
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EPA Formally Denies Alabama’s Plan for Coal Ash Waste
An aerial view of a coal ash pond in Jefferson County, Ala. (Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News) This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, independent news...
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Good Night, BSC: Alumni and Friends Reunite to Bid Farewell to Their Alma Mater
Elvin Hilyer carries the sign for the Class of 1960 in the opening procession Hundreds of alumni, family and friends of Birmingham-Southern College filed into Bill Battle Coliseum Thursday night....
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Civil Rights Icon Fred L. Shuttlesworth Honored With Mural at Birmingham Airport
Ruby Shuttlesworth Bester, daughter of the Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, addresses crowd after the mural unveiling. (Marika N. Johnson, For The Birmingham Times) Millions of visitors to Birmingham can...
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As BSC Closes, Alumni and Supporters Stock Up on Memorabilia
Alice Jackson, BSC development director, displays an old copy of The Revue. (Photo by Solomon Crenshaw Jr.) Friday is the last day for Birmingham-Southern College, and it’s the last chance for alumni...
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Missing Piece of Trump Case Coverage: The Jurors
Former President Donald Trump. (Source: Gage Skidmore via flickrCC-BY-2.0 No one has published any interviews so far with members of the Manhattan jury that found Donald Trump guilty on 34 felony...
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Celebration Marks Beginning of Construction on New Downtown Amphitheater
Construction on the new downtown amphitheater, looking east toward the old Carraway Hospital property. (Photo by Solomon Crenshaw Jr.) The construction equipment left no doubt that the ground had...
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