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City Council Approves Mayor’s $451M Budget for FY20 

BIRMINGHAM TIMES — More than two months after Mayor Randall Woodfin presented his fiscal 2020 budget and three weeks after the…

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City Students on the ‘Life-Changing’ Experience of the Birmingham Promise

BIRMINGHAM TIMES — Over the past few weeks, there has been an extensive debate about the merits of the Birmingham Promise…

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BCRI Youth Tour Alabama African American Heritage Sites

BIRMINGHAM TIMES — Twenty students in the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute’s (BCRI) Legacy Youth Leadership Program left Tuesday, July 16…

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What Actor Joe Pesci Taught Birmingham-Native Kat Files About Movie Sets

BIRMINGHAM TIMES — Files was on set as a featured background actress for the film “The Irishman,” scheduled for theatrical release…

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Kim Scott: From Birmingham to Top of Billboard Charts

BIRMINGHAM TIMES — When you sit down to talk to musician Kim Scott, two things stand out: a 100-watt smile…

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America’s Got Talent’s Brian King Joseph To Support United Abilities on Aug. 3

BIRMINGHAM TIMES — No one captured more hearts and inspired the judges and audience of America’s Got Talent than electric violinist…

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Shaheed and DJ Supreme: From the Local Stage to Global Ambition

BIRMINGHAM TIMES — If it’s Saturday night in Birmingham, that usually means it’s showtime somewhere on the city’s music scene for…

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High court blocks census citizenship question

WAVE NEWSPAPERS — In a ruling by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., who was joined by the court’s liberals, the…

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