At least two Birmingham-area nonprofits have lost funding with cuts to the National Endowment for the Arts, a third’s grant is under review and arts community leaders expect a trickle-down effect that could reach a host of programs and events.
The offer to buy the utility is an attempt to block a new law the governor signed Wednesday that would restructure that board and lessen Birmingham’s influence over it.
The new law restructures the Birmingham Water Works Board as a regional board and reduces the city of Birmingham’s influence.
The city of Birmingham is asking a federal judge to stop the state from changing membership on the Birmingham Water Works Board and reducing the city’s influence over the utility.
Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin said Tuesday that the city continues to make significant progress in its goals to reduce violence,
Jimmie Stephens opened Tuesday’s County Commission meeting by saying he had finished his last radiation treatment for carcinoma that had spread to his lymph nodes.
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The BWW general manager said Birmingham Water Works customers will not experience service disruptions, and ongoing infrastructure improvements will continue after the Legislature’s passage of a bill to dissolve the current water board and set up a regional board.
The League of Women Voters of Greater Birmingham hosted an Immigrant Justice Meet-Up & Info Session on Thursday to talk about threats to immigrants and how they can respond.
The Market at Pepper Place opened 25 years ago and has not only fueled growth of the entertainment district but also prompted other farmers markets and steered vendors to a brick-and-mortar path.
