Birmingham court case backlog raises public safety concerns
City officials are expressing concerns over a significant backlog of court cases in Birmingham, which they say is impacting ...
Mayor provides updates on progress with B’ham Crime Commission report
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ( WBRC) - Mayor Randall Woodfin updated the Birmingham City Council on Tuesday morning regarding the progress made by the Crime Commission Committee since the release of their 60+ ...
Birmingham leaders push for state ban on Glock switches to tighten local firearm control
Local leaders and law enforcement officials in Jefferson County are advocating for a statewide ban on firearm conversion ...
Woodfin: NIH cuts will starve Birmingham of ‘fuel for our growing bio-economy’
Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin on Monday night touted the benefits National Institutes of Health funding have provided for the city as the Trump administration seeks slashing indirect grant costs ...
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Mayor: Progress on Crime Commission Recs Moving at ‘Break Speed’
Birmingham’s mayor gave the City Council the first monthly update on progress in implementing recommendations from the ...
Birmingham and Jefferson County public safety leaders show support for statewide ban on Glock switches
Officers say state legislation would mean getting Glock switches and these devices out of the hands of criminals, holding them accountable in state and federal court.
Ivey wants Birmingham to replicate Montgomery’s crime-fighting task force: Will it happen?
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said she believes a crime task force active in Montgomery could be replicated in Jefferson County to ...
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'Research is stopped, lives are lost': Birmingham mayor, UAB respond to NIH’s medical research cuts
Birmingham officials are responding to the National Institutes of Health’s surprise slashing of billions of dollars in ...
UAB, Birmingham mayor release statements on medical research funding
A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s plans to cap medical research funding Monday. Nearly two dozen states sued to block the National Institutes of Health’s slashing of ...
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MAGA Senator Asks DOGE for Mercy as State’s Largest Employer Comes Under Threat
If you are running a medical research project seeking a cure for cancer or a novel way to employ RNA or an effective way to combat the amyloid plaque buildup that causes Alzheimer's Disease, you will ...