District Attorney Danny Carr told the Jefferson County Commission on Thursday that he is adjusting the salaries of his deputy district attorneys to help hold onto his veteran crew of prosecutors. “It’s hard to keep a good lawyer who sees what we see every day, who takes home what we take home every day and does what we have to do under the most strenuous circumstances, in all honesty, making $50,000-something a year,” Carr said. Read more.
McKinsey & Company, an international consulting business, will help the state of Alabama develop a new strategic economic growth plan. The company is undertaking that project while also dealing with a probe into whether it engaged in a criminal conspiracy. Read more.
The Birmingham Reentry Alliance will provide wrap-around services to dozens of men and women adjusting to life after prison. Read more.
The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday approved $421,833 in incentives for a planned Japanese restaurant in downtown Birmingham, and it changed landscaping, buffering and screening ordinances to increase landscaping requirements and protect trees, among other changes. Read more.
The Jefferson County Commission on Thursday voted to reduce the time it may take for a municipality to be approved to receive assistance in debris removal in a disaster. It also approved funding for two organizations to help small businesses and delayed voting on a grant request for Midfield’s Senior Center. Read more.
The Jefferson County Commission on Thursday is set to provide $200,000 to a pair of organizations to bolster small businesses in the county. Central Alabama Redevelopment Alliance and Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama each is in line for $100,000 to aid with innovation, economic development and building a strong workforce to support the growth and development of Jefferson County. Read more.
Birmingham’s mayor told the City Council on Tuesday that he and other leaders hope to persuade state lawmakers to give police more options to combat the rise in exhibition driving, including using cameras to catch offenders. Read more.
The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday voted to pay $67,000 for a consultant from Newark, New Jersey to develop a strategy to reduce violent crime in the Magic City. The council also votes to use $100,000 from ARPA for Princeton BMC Healing Garden. Read more.
Bessemer City Councilman Ron Marshall defeated Ves Marable in the runoff for the Democratic nomination for assistant tax collector of the Bessemer Division of Jefferson County. He will face the incumbent Johnny Curry in the general election. The former state legislator was appointed to the position by Gov. Ivey after Eric Burks passed away last June. Read more.
Jefferson County Democrats will go to the polls Tuesday in the primary runoff to determine nominees in three races that were not decided in the March primary. Two races on the ballot will be voted on countywide. Jefferson County District Court Judge Place 3: Pamela Wilson Cousins faces Jacquelyn Grant Jones. Jefferson County Probate Judge Place 1: Yashiba (Red) Blanchard faces Yawanna Nabors McDonald. One race will be voted on in the Bessemer District. Assistant Tax Collector in the Bessemer District of Jefferson County: Ves Marable faces Ron Marshall. A constable race also is on the ballot. There will be no Republican primary because those nominees were decided in March without runoffs. Polls will be open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Find profiles of the candidates by clicking the links above. Here is the sample ballot.
