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United Football League Decides Fate of Birmingham Stallions (AL.com)
After five seasons — the longest stint of professional spring football in the city’s history — the United Football League announced last week that it is ceasing operations in Birmingham.
The league blamed its decision on the optics of raucous “giddy-up” Stallion crowds being dwarfed inside Birmingham’s 47,000-seat Protective Stadium.
Central Alabama Water Changes Insurance Brokers in Last-Minute Scramble, Considering Only One Firm (WBHM)
The board of directors for Alabama’s largest water utility made a last-minute decision Tuesday to change its insurance broker — without considering more than one firm.
Central Alabama Water board Vice Chairman Phillip Wiedmeyer asked how many proposals the utility received from insurance brokers but was told by staff that a full solicitation was not conducted because there was not enough time.
New $2.6M Early Learning Center Opens in Birmingham’s Titusville Neighborhood (Bham Now)
The Housing Authority of the Birmingham District opened the new Villas Early Learning Center in the Titusville neighborhood last week.
The renovated 5,000-square-foot building provides services such as classrooms, a playground, a gym and offices and is operated by the city school system.
Doug Jones Calls For Affordability Measures, Government Reforms in Policy Speech (Alabama Reflector)
Democratic gubernatorial nominee Doug Jones unveiled an ambitious policy agenda in a speech Monday, saying Alabamians deserve “three real opportunities” for health, government participation and economic prosperity.
The former U.S. senator called for traditional Alabama Democratic policies such as Medicaid expansion, a lottery vote and the abolition of the state grocery tax.
But Jones also called for a one-year moratorium on data centers; a state ballot initiative process; more powers for local governments; constitutional protections for in-vitro fertilization and contraception; and additional investments in housing and child care.
‘We Cannot Fail’: Hoover Mayor Nick Derzis Talks Galleria Redevelopment a Year After His Election (WBHM) Nearly a year after being elected Hoover mayor, Nick Derzis said his administration is focused on one major theme: economic development.
Derzis, who spent more than two decades as Hoover’s police chief before becoming mayor, sat down with WBHM to discuss his transition into city leadership, the future of the Riverchase Galleria, the Stadium Trace development and the three-year anniversary of the Carlee Russell investigation that put Hoover in the national spotlight.
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