Council, BOE approve laptop pilot

\ \ In a special-called joint meeting Thursday night, the Birmingham Board of Education and the Birmingham City Council approved a plan to distribute 1,000 laptops to students in a pilot program in a

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Birmingham (regional) Chamber Name Game

If the Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce isn’t going to represent Birmingham, maybe Birmingham should find someone who would. The Hoover AREA Chamber of Commerce, perhaps?

By Kyle Whitmire

Last week Mayor Larry Langford said he was upset because the Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce had added “regional” to its name. As I wrote in this column, Langford was not being entirely forthc

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Bell rally demands action

William Bell and about two dozen supporters gathered at noon Monday on the steps of the Jefferson County Courthouse to urge certification of Bell’s election to Jefferson County District One.

By Kyle Whitmire

Birmingham city councilor William Bell and about two dozen supporters gathered at noon Monday on the steps of the Jefferson County Courthouse to urge certification of the special election for the Dist

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Glen Iris project stalls

By Kyle Whitmire

Apartment developers failed Tuesday to get permission from the city council to build an apartment complex on five acres of property in the Glen Iris neighborhood. The property, which is adjacent to Ge

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Mayor wrecks transit hopes

By Kyle Whitmire

Transit director David Hill really should read the Weekly more often. The Birmingham News is reporting on al.com that Hill has just now realized that he's not getting as much money from the city of Bi

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Collins: 'There is no plan'

By Kyle Whitmire

Commission president still mum on JeffCo debt crisis In an act of financial triage, the Jefferson County Commission Tuesday approved a resolution to give the Finance Committee special powers to negoti

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Langford disbands laptop board

By Kyle Whitmire

Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford's office has told Birmingham Education Initiative board members that he will disband the board to protect their reputations. The email was sent to BEI board members and

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Langford consultant has tricky ties

By Kyle Whitmire

And also an address at the Pita Stop building By Kyle Whitmire The Birmingham Mayor’s office has proposed a $150,000 contract with a consulting firm implicated in dirty tricks during the last city co

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Magic City Math

Langford has been doing this kind of magic math for years. Now you see it. Now you see something different.

By Kyle Whitmire

Langford's illusions are in the numbers by Kyle Whitmire The Birmingham Jefferson County Transit Authority now has the funding it needs to finish its intermodal facility on Morris Avenue, replace all

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Presidential Picker

By Kyle Whitmire

Coming clean before the primary By Kyle Whitmire In 2006, a bipartisan effort in the Alabama Legislature moved the state’s presidential primary as far forward as it could go — Feb. 5. After two decad