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Dining-ham: Birmingham Rebrands as Foodie Haven
Birmingham’s restaurant scene is helping change outside perceptions. Once dismissively nicknamed “Bombingham” for its deadly ...
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Birmingham Police Receive $4.2M Grant for Crime Center
The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday approved a $4.2 million federal grant for to help fund the police department’s Real ...
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Wait a Minute: JeffCo Commission Recesses, Immediately Reconvenes and Increases Employee COLA to 3.5%
As the meeting wound down, County Attorney Theo Lawson called Finance Committee Chairman Joe Knight to the end of the dais to ...
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What a Difference a Day Makes: JeffCo Commission sends 2024-25 Budget to Thursday’s Agenda With Variable Day for Employees
Jefferson County commissioners sent the 2024-25 budget — which includes a variable off day for each county employee — to the ...
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Birmingham Council Revokes Licenses for LGBTQ Club, Citing Major Security Concerns
The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday revoked all city licenses for The Quest Club, a longstanding LGBTQ meeting spot in ...
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Jefferson County, Cahaba River Society Reach Agreement to Seek Dismissal of Sewer Decree
The Jefferson County Commission has reached an agreement with the Cahaba River Society to request an end to a decades-long ...
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You’ve Gotta Have Heart: Birmingham Council Approves $1.7M to Address Nonemergency Incidents With ‘Unhoused Neighbors’
Kirkpatrick Tyler, chief of community and government relations of Urban Alchemy, talks about the Heart Birmingham program. (Photo by Solomon Crenshaw Jr.) Beginning in 2025, Birmingham will have ...