The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday approved buying land to establish an urban park to give unhoused people a place to “hang out” and receive services. The city was offered land at 1312 First Ave.

The expansion of Hollywood Boulevard bridge and pedestrian walkway and the widening of Deerfoot Parkway are on the calendar.

Union contracts typically protect employees from wrongful termination by replacing at-will employment with a just-cause ...

Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin’s State of the Community address at Boutwell Auditorium on Tuesday evening highlighted city leaders’ successes, such as violent crime reduction, as well as areas for ...

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The Birmingham City Schools superintendent was named 2025-26 Outstanding Superintendent of the Year by the AEA.

Barnett Wright, who has led Birmingham’s legacy minority newspaper for the past decade, announced this week that he is ...

A federal lawsuit contests the state takeover of the water works and three state court cases challenge the firing of thee senior managers.

Paul Vercher, U.S. Steel’s senior director of state government affairs, spoke to the Jefferson County Commission during a meeting Feb. 17, 2026. (Photo by Solomon Crenshaw Jr.) Your support helps us ...

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Applicants and their lawyers asked the Birmingham City Council for a lounge liquor license to open Happy Hour Hangout 2. (Source: City of Birmingham livestream) Your support helps us grow and sustain ...

U.S. Steel’s $70 million investment in its Fairfield Works is just an indication of what the steelmaker plans to bring to western Jefferson County.