Not only is Sen. Barack Obama running television ads in Alabama starting today, The Birmingham News reports that the presidential hopeful will be in town 2 p.m. Sunday.
The Stand For Change Town Hall meeting at UAB’s Bartow Arena is free and open to the public but you’ll need a ticket to get in. Tickets will [...]

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UPDATE: 1.17.2008; You may also find an audio file (available in WMA format, 22.5 MB) of the mayor’s speech on the city’s website.
Everyone seems to be taking away something different from yesterday’s first State of the City address presented by Birmingham mayor Larry Langford. For those that want to know what he actually said, [...]

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Whether or not the results are challenged in court (as has been indicated by the governor’s office), there will be a notable race for the Jefferson County Commission seat vacated by Larry Langford in order for him to serve as mayor of Birmingham.
Birmingham City Councilor William Bell announced his intentions to seek the seat currently [...]

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You’re not going to find a better panel than this one to talk about this important issue:

Congressman Artur Davis, 7th District, Alabama
Terry Kellogg, Executive Vice President & CFO, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Alabama
Dr. Max Michael, Dean of the UAB School of Public Health
Dr. Wally Retan, practicing physician and state coordinator of Healthcare For Everyone, the [...]

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Screenshot of Tory MEPs website front page.
We do normally start our day out with John’s A Look Back column, (which will make an appearance around 8 a.m. today) but we figured we couldn’t pass up this opportunity to point out something from “across the pond.”
We can thank Tom Watson for pointing out this error on [...]

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Screenshot from Doc’s Political Parlor.
It wouldn’t be a series about blogging without focusing on what some would consider a statewide pastime and hobby here in Alabama - politics. One of the largest segments of blogs maintained in Birmingham are political in nature and none seem to garner more attention than Doc’s Political Parlor (& [...]

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We figured you’d already heard, but here’s how The Birmingham News and NBC13 covered this morning’s press conference. Cooper had been planning to file an appeal of an earlier decision involving his challenge to the results of the October mayoral election.

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