The budget includes major spending increases for youth services, homeless outreach, public safety and neighborhood blight.

Jefferson County Coroner Dr. Greg Davis compared moving into the new coroner’s office to a family having grown out of its ...

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U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell organized a small business roundtable Tuesday at Innovation Depot on the impact of tariffs ordered by ...

The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday approved the agreement for police body cameras that automatically activate when officers unholster their Tasers.

A $14.6 million renovation planned would include expanding the entrance lobby, making concourse improvements, replacing seats ...

A transformer failed at one of the water-intake facilities that serves the Western Filter Plant and a large leak developed in a pipe at the other. The Birmingham Water Works Board was advised to ...

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