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Russell Aims for Power Seat in Aug. 26 Election, Wants to Return Birmingham to No. 1 - BirminghamWatch

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David Russell is running for mayor in the Aug. 26, 2025, Birmingham municipal election. (Photo by Solomon Crenshaw Jr.) David Russell can often be found at local seats of government. It is rare that the 74-year-old retired insurance salesman is not present for meetings of the Jefferson County Commission or the Birmingham City Council. But Russell aims to not just be in the room as Birmingham leaders assemble. The Smithfield Estates resident want…Read Article

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Golden-Buzzer Choir Shows JeffCo Commission Why It Was Lifted to the Top - BirminghamWatch

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A member of the Birmingham Youth and Young Adult Fellowship Choir belts it out during a mini-performance for the Jefferson County Commission. (Photo by Solomon Crenshaw Jr.) Your support helps us grow and sustain a newsroom for the City Built to Change the South. Donate today to help Birmingham stay informed. Please read about our potential suspension of publication. In his time as president of the Jefferson County Commission, Jimmie Stephens ha…Read Article

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Birmingham Council OKs $12.7M in Street Repaving - BirminghamWatch

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Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday accepted three bids from Dunn Construction Co. totaling $12.7 million for citywide road resurfacing work. “I wanted first to make sure that the public knew that we were going to pave some more streets — and I’m not even running for office,” Councilor Valerie Abbott said. Abbott also asked city staff why the three bids weren’t based on quadrants of the city…Read Article

JeffCo Bumps Up Funding for Groups That Bolster Small Businesses - BirminghamWatch

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Jefferson County Commissioner Joe Knight. (Photo by Solomon Crenshaw Jr.) Two organizations that bolster small businesses in the county are set to get more money to do what they do when the Jefferson County Commission meets in Bessemer on Thursday. Central Alabama Redevelopment Alliance and Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama is each in line to receive $120,000 – up from $100,000 a year ago. Jeff Traywick, economic development professional in…Bessemer, Alabama · Bessemer Read Article

Water Works Ends Partnership With Nonprofit That Helped Work With Disadvantaged Companies - BirminghamWatch

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City of Birmingham Regional Water Works board members Jeff Brumlow, Bill Morris and David Standridge, lawyer James Porter II and board Vice Chairman Phillip Wiedmeyer. (Photo by Olivia McMurrey) The City of Birmingham Regional Water Works board has ended its relationship with a nonprofit organization that was assisting with programs aimed at building capacity for local firms to provide goods and services to the water works and at helping compani…Birmingham, Alabama · Birmingham Read Article

Water Bills, Portal Could Show More Details If Board Upgrades Payment Channel - BirminghamWatch

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Phillip Wiedmeyer, vice chairman of The City of Birmingham Regional Water Works board. (Photo by Olivia McMurrey) Many Birmingham-area residents could gain access to more details about their water bills if the City of Birmingham Regional Water Works board votes Monday to upgrade the utility’s 15-year-old payment channel. In 12 to 16 months, ratepayers would see paper bills and an online customer portal that include information currently availabl…Birmingham, Alabama · Birmingham Read Article

Stop the Steal (Journalism Version) - BirminghamWatch

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Tom Arenberg is an instructor of news media at the University of Alabama. A University of Alabama football fan went viral when national TV showed him wearing a crimson T-shirt amid a vast Penn State whiteout during the Nittany Lions’ home game against Auburn in September 2021. It was a story begging to be told. So Ryan Phillips did. The editor of the local news website Patch Tuscaloosa tracked the man down. It wasn’t easy. But he got the story. …Media · Birmingham Read Article

Birmingham City Council advances parking ticket enforcement plan

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If you have more than three outstanding parking tickets and you don't take care of them, your car could get towed.Birmingham, Alabama · Birmingham See the Story

Stephens Authorized To Hire Individual Legal Counsel in Water Works Lawsuit - BirminghamWatch

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Jefferson County County Attorney Theo Lawson. (Photo by Solomon Crenshaw Jr.) The king, er, president stands alone. The Jefferson County Commission today approved Commission President Jimmie Stephens’ hiring his own counsel in the city of Birmingham’s federal lawsuit contesting appointment of a new City of Birmingham Regional Water Works Board. Stephens was named in the suit in his official capacity as well as the full commission being named, Co…Birmingham, Alabama · Birmingham Read Article

Qualifying Closes Friday in Birmingham City Election - BirminghamWatch

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Friday is the deadline for prospective candidates to file paperwork to run in Birmingham’s municipal elections, set for Aug. 26. Positions for mayor, City Council and the Birmingham Board of Education will be on the ballot. As of Thursday afternoon, 49 candidates had officially qualified to run in those races, including seven candidates for the mayor’s office. See the list of candidates on BirminghamWatch’s 2025 Birmingham Municipal Elections pa…Birmingham, Alabama · Birmingham Read Article

Is there lead in your water? - BirminghamWatch

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