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Oct 18, 2024 · BirminghamWatch Awarded Two-Year $100,000 Grant From Press Forward. The nine year old news organization is one of three in Alabama and 205 nationally receiving a share of $20 million to close persistent coverage gaps. Read more. BirminghamWatch, October 16, …
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Oct 17, 2024 · The Magic City Classic will take over the streets and venues across Birmingham this week in the ramp up to Saturday’s premier HBCU football showdown of the year between Alabama State University and Alabama A&M. Read more.
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About Us. BirminghamWatch is a digital-based news organization and program of the Alabama Initiative for Independent Journalism (AIIJ). AIIJ is a non-profit and non-partisan organization that aims to serve the civic good of Birmingham and Alabama by supporting journalism that makes a positive impact and encourages citizen engagement with fair ...
Birmingham Water Works Proposes 4.9% Rate Increase, Budget to …
1 day ago · Birmingham Water Works. For the sixth year in a row, customers of Birmingham Water Works are likely to see a rate hike in 2025. The proposed 4.9% increase comes as some residents continue to complain about receiving exorbitant water bills or no bills at all.
You’ve Gotta Have Heart: Birmingham Council Approves $1.7M to …
Sep 6, 2024 · The Birmingham City Council approved more than $1.7 million for a Heart Birmingham operation to respond to nonemergency situations involving the homeless population.
Birmingham Police Chief Set to Retire, Pickett Will Be Interim Chief
1 day ago · Nearly three years into his tenure as chief of the Birmingham Police Department, Scott Thurmond on Thursday announced he will retire from the department effective Nov. 29. Mayor Randall Woodfin has named Deputy Chief Michael Pickett to take over as interim police chief when Thurmond departs. Thurmond, 50, said he began talking with his family ...
Book Casts Light on Tuscaloosa’s Bloody Tuesday
4 days ago · Led by Tuscaloosa’s William Marable, a police chief who admired the crowd control techniques of Birmingham’s Bull Connor, white Tuscaloosa had picked June 9 as the day they would try to crush the movement with overwhelming violence. As one white police officer confided to a reporter, “Something bad is going to happen today.”.
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Oct 15, 2024 · Solomon Crenshaw Jr., September 27, 2024. In the wake of a mass shooting that killed four and injured 17 others Saturday night, members of the Jefferson County Commission called for change in combating violence in the metro area. Read more. Posted in Jefferson County Commission Tagged Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin, Jefferson County Commission.
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Jul 10, 2024 · Alabama Initiative for Independent Journalism. No one has published any interviews so far with members of the Manhattan jury that found Donald Trump guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying records last week, but I’m certain multiple media outlets are trying.