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Birmingham’s $1 bid for water works met with silence from the utility board
The Birmingham Water board takes no action on city's plan to buy the utility but instead focuses on employee contracts for ...
Birmingham fights against losing control of its water board, citing racial discrimination
Birmingham city officials have sued the Alabama governor to stop her from signing a bill that would strip the city of control ...
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Birmingham mayor files lawsuit over Birmingham Water Works Board legislation
Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin held a news conference along with the city council Tuesday morning, announcing a federal ...
Federal judge denies Birmingham’s emergency request to stop Ivey from signing Water Works bill
Chief U.S. District Judge Emily C. Marks denied the City of Birmingham’s request today on the emergency motion for a temporary restraining order to stop Gov. Kay Ivey from signing a recently passed ...
Birmingham city council fights back, plans $1 buyout of water works amid legal battle
Birmingham city leaders have voiced strong opposition to Senate Bill 330, a new law that alters the composition of the ...
Judge denies city’s request to stop Alabama from signing Birmingham Water Works Board bill, at least for now
Hours after the city of Birmingham filed a lawsuit against Gov. Kay Ivey to stop a bill changing the makeup of the city’s ...
Birmingham sues Gov. Ivey over Water Board bill, claims racial bias in takeover
The City of Birmingham today filed a federal lawsuit against Gov. Kay Ivey and the State of Alabama, seeking a temporary ...
‘There is no surplus,’ Woodfin tells city retirees seeking pension hike
Retired former employees of the City of Birmingham seeking an increase in monthly pension payments got a clear message this ...
Birmingham mayor touts 126 buildings demolished and focuses on blighted spots as election nears
Birmingham faces a major challenge of cataloging blighted buildings, legally condemning them, demolishing structures, and ...