Birmingham Charter organizer James Smith will speak at Green Resource Center

The Birmingham Finance Department had claimed a $13 million surplus. It was off by only $41 million.

An Atlanta-based manufacturer of environmentally-friendly construction materials will build a new manufacturing facility in Birmingham, according to an incentive agreement approved by the Birmingham City Council.

After they’d taped all the returns to the City Hall walls Tuesday night, not much [...]

Valerie Abbott, the most vocal opponent to Birmingham’s planned multi-purpose domed facility, discusses her opposition to the project with Birmingham Weekly.

The Birmingham City Council will ask the Alabama State Auditor’s office to conduct a forensic [...]

There’s a question in my mind: Can corruption, incompetence and ego kill a government?
Sure, these [...]

Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford has refused a city council request to reduce spending in his 2010 [...]

 
According to the city’s own accounting system, Birmingham is running a $17 million deficit for [...]

Council President Carole Smitherman responds after learning the city is running $17 million in the red, rather than the $13 million surplus previously projected by the finance department.

Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford’s 2010 proposed budget shows a potential surplus of $13 million, but [...]

 
Six-dollar beer at City Stages? Nuts.
A bunch of the boys were whooping it up at the [...]

The DOJ has approved the City of Birmingham’s request to move the City Council and Board of Education elections to Aug. 25. The elections were originally set for Oct. 13. The city requested the change so Birmingham could comply with the Help America Vote Act, which requires six weeks between elections and runoffs (previous Birmingham elections had allowed only three weeks) to allow for the arrival and counting of overseas and absentee ballots.

The bad news keeps rolling on for City Stages. Last week, just days before the [...]

Birmingham’s City Council voted Tuesday to grant the 2009 City Stages festival $250,000 of city funds [...]

Q: Is he a friend of yours, Mr. Milton McGregor?
A: Oh, I know him. Yes, [...]

Nina Miglionico served as president of the Birmingham City Council during years of turbulence and [...]

A quorum of the Birmingham City Council met today behind closed doors, an apparent violation [...]

In a special-called meeting today, the Birmingham City Council is scheduled to consider spending as much as $15,000 to cater the funeral of Councilor Miriam Witherspoon who died Tuesday.

When she spoke about “access,” it wasn’t the trite political jargon for having clout at City Hall. Instead, she was speaking of things most people never notice, like whether there are curb cuts where the sidewalks end.