Bell faces unprecedented challenges and another mayoral election two years away.

Last week’s verdict established Larry Langford’s guilt, but it will be a long time before we’re done settling all his unanswered questions. 

City’s 2010 budget left $21 million of line items off the balance sheets.

Steve Sayler knew of the budget shortfall, Smitherman says. So did Birmingham Weekly.

Jefferson County Circuit Judge Scott Vowell has approved a plan by Sheriff Mike Hale to [...]

On WBHM, Birmingham Weekly columnist Kyle Whitmire discusses Birmingham’s $28 million budget deficit and the [...]

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

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

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

Throughout the state, shoppers will have a three-day sales tax holiday later this summer, but [...]

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 [...]

Jefferson County has identified more than $50 million in budget cuts, but those reductions could [...]

Jefferson County Commission President Bettye Fine Collins has asked county department heads to prepare cuts [...]

The cost of food has continued to rise, and most of us have had to reevaluate what we buy, how much we buy and, in some cases, where we buy it. In response to customers’ growing interest in saving money, Whole Foods has introduced tours designed to teach customers how to save money without sacrificing quality.

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City council doesn’t notice capital budget missing
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War on Dumb by Kyle Whitmire
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The Mayor-Council Act, the [...]

On Tuesday Mayor Larry Langford proposed to the Birmingham City Council a $429 million operating budget, but the companion capital budget was conspicuously missing.