Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin on Tuesday announced long-awaited 2025 budget amendments that include increased funding for sidewalk repairs and traffic calming efforts as well as a 3% across-the-board raise for city employees. Read more.
Birmingham leaders want to hear the opinions of residents, faith leaders and educators on what the city can do to reduce the number of people dying in violent crimes. Read more.
The future of the former Birmingham-Southern College campus property is now unclear after a purchase agreement between BSC and Miles College expired at 3 p.m. Monday. Read more.
The planned purchase of the Birmingham Race Course Casino by Wind Creek is the latest sign eastern parts of Birmingham – and the city’s eastern suburbs – are ripe for recreational development.
Some journalists have fled X, tired of wading through toxic sludge, but others still see it as a medium to gather news and reach newsmakers. Read more.
Brighter days appear to be on the horizon for residents of unincorporated Jefferson County when it comes to their garbage collection. Read more.
The rate hike is the ninth annual increase during the past decade for residents in the five-county greater Birmingham area served by Alabama’s largest water utility. Read more.
The Jefferson County Commission will be considering moving a sewer line that runs under the main runway at Birmingham Shuttlesworth International Airport and to the current Coca-Cola United bottling headquarters and the National Guard properties. Read more.
The new Jefferson County clinic and medical facility is set to open in mid-December. Read more.
It’s official. The name of the performance stage downtown will be the Coca-Cola Amphitheater. Read more.
