Entries Tagged as 'politics'

There’s a special election tomorrow to fill the unexpired term of former Jefferson County Commissioner (and now Birmingham, AL Mayor) William Bell. The crazy thing about this one is that we’ll be doing it again come July 13, and the results could lead to a couple more special elections. Time will tell…
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Tags:AL·Alabama·B'ham·Birmingham·election·George Bowman·Jefferson County Commission·Johnathan Austin·politics·Quirky·special election

One of the candidates for Artur Davis’ soon-to-be old Congressional seat, current Jefferson County Commissioner Sheila Smoot, plans to be interviewed during a live blog chat on Daily Kos starting at 8 p.m. CDT.
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Tags:AL-07·Campaign·Daily Kos·live blog·Online·politics·Sheila Smoot·The Progressive Electorate·U.S. Congress
January 20th, 2010 · Comments Off · The City

Alabama State Senator Rodger Smitherman wants to bring people together so that we can talk to each other about the future of Birmingham, AL and the state next week at Vulcan Park.
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Tags:AL·Alabama·B'ham·Birmingham·politics·Rodger Smitherman·Vulcan Park

Birmingham, AL has elected William A. Bell, Sr. to serve as mayor of the City of Birmingham, AL until the 2011 election cycle.
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Tags:AL·Alabama·B'ham·Birmingham·election·mayorpalooza·Patrick Cooper·politics·results·special·William Bell
July 7th, 2009 · Comments Off · politics

The Jefferson County Commission decided that it would not take part in this year’s state sales tax holiday. Birmingham, AL is still taking part in it though.
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Tags:AL·Alabama·B'ham·Birmingham·cities·Commission·Holiday·information·Jeffco·Jefferson County·jobs·list·money·participation·politics·repeal·sales tax·website
July 6th, 2009 · Comments Off · Health, politics

Congressman Davis is making the rounds here in Birmingham today, speaking on Recovery Act funding and possible suggestions in our national conversation about health care.
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Tags:AL·Alabama·Alys Stephens Center·Artur Davis·B'ham·Birmingham·Health·health care·HUD·information·Left in Alabama·politics·press conference·Summit·websites
June 29th, 2009 · Comments Off · Business, Online

The Caputo Report makes the change from being an official blog of the Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce to being the online voice of its author, Pascal Caputo.
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Tags:AL·Alabama·B'ham·Birmingham·Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce·blog·Caputo Report·direction·information·Online·Pascal Caputo·political·politics·website