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WEB3 days ago · BW’s Natta Named to Leadership Birmingham. André Natta, executive director of the Alabama Initiative for Independent Journalism, is among 59 leaders named to Leadership Birmingham’s Class of 2025. Read more. BirminghamWatch, August 30, 2024. Jefferson County Commission.
4 Things to Know About Birmingham’s Homicides So Far This Year
WEBJul 6, 2021 · This is what we learned about the city’s homicides so far in 2021: The vast majority of people killed by homicide in Birmingham are Black. A firearm was used in roughly 94% of homicide deaths. Men make up the majority of homicide victims. More than half of the people killed in the city’s homicides are between the ages of 19 and 39.
Miles Might Consider BSC Property as Other Universities Express …
WEBMar 28, 2024 · Miles Might Consider BSC Property as Other Universities Express No Interest. UPDATED — Miles College may have interest in the campus of Birmingham-Southern College, which announced this week that it will close at the end of May. Miles College President Bobbie Knight told BirminghamWatch. “As a Miles College community made up of faculty ...
Jefferson County Commission Archives - BirminghamWatch
WEBSep 11, 2024 · JeffCo Commissioner Tyson Objects After Two More Republicans Appointed to Board of Equalization. Solomon Crenshaw Jr., June 26, 2024. A disgruntled Commissioner Sheila Tyson left the Jefferson County Commission chamber Wednesday, saying, “the fix was in” after her nominee for the Board of Equalization failed to get the support of her fellow ...
How Birmingham Reflects an Entwined Struggle for Civil and Labor …
WEBFeb 19, 2024 · Movements for civil rights and workers' rights often intersect. But many times the labor part of the picture is overlooked. That’s the case in Birmingham, which is well known for its civil rights history. Read more.
Birmingham Residents Cite Street Paving, Blight and the Neglect …
WEBJun 3, 2024 · Birmingham residents who attended a budget hearing Monday night expressed concerns about many of the issues they said they bring up every year, including street paving, blight and the neglect of less prosperous communities.
Eddie Penny Fairfield - BirminghamWatch
WEBAug 21, 2020 · Eddie Penny Age: 67 Occupation: retired from education, teacher and administrator with Jefferson County Schools. Political experience: Mayor since 2017; two years as city council president; four years on Fairfield city school board. Main issue: Bring city’s finances out of bankruptcy thr
James “Jimmy” Blake, Governor - BirminghamWatch
WEBNov 5, 2022 · James “Jimmy” Blake Libertarian Residence: Black Warrior River Political experience: Served for eight years on the Birmingham City Council, where he worked to abolish the city occupational tax; served on the Jefferson County Republican Steering Committee for several years and is a former s
For the First Time in 37 Years, Jefferson County Makes Major …
WEBMar 25, 2024 · For the first time in 37 years, the Jefferson County Tax Assessor’s Office has completed a comprehensive countywide resurvey that has modernized parcel data that will impact more than 600,000 residents and departments such as the Board of …
Birmingham’s Jazz Tradition and How It Shaped the Sound of …
WEBDec 1, 2023 · The two men, Mathews argues, “seemed to have come from different worlds,” but both were sons of Birmingham and Birmingham’s jazz tradition. Hawkins and Sun Ra are the best known of Birmingham’s jazz performers, but Mathews shares the stories of many men and women who crafted this American musical form and took it to the world.