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Jefferson County: the End is Near-ish

State authorities last week seized more than $300 million worth of assets from four banks, chief among them JPMorgan Chase, Jefferson County’s primary creditor. Prosecutors have accused bank employees

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Screening of "Miss Margaret" documentary in Eutaw

By Jesse Chambers

Beginning in 1919, in an effort to provide access to maternity care for women in poor, isolated farm communities who would otherwise have none, the State of Alabama licensed thousands of direct-entry

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Larry Langford's home out of range

On the corner of Fair Oaks Drive and Earlwood Road in Fairfield, Ala., there is a house. Not much distinguishes it from the houses around it, except for one little fact. This house is the home of Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford.

By Kyle Whitmire

On the corner of Fair Oaks Drive and Earlwood Road in Fairfield, Ala., there is a house. It's larger than most around it but not out of character with the neighborhood. A one-story with a couple of ap

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Women organizing

By Jesse Chambers

Journalist Chianti Cleggett, the founder of the first Young Women’s Empowerment Conference (YMEC), to be held at the McWane Center downtown on April 18th, has always dreamt of helping young women find

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Women healing: Jim McMinn works for women’s health

Birmingham doctor Jim McMinn says 90% of his patients are women. He ascribes to an integrated approach to medicine.

By Madison Underwood

If you've glanced at the cover of a magazine or watched TV news anytime in the past 12 months, you know that healthcare reform is causing a major buzz these days. Most of that talk revolves around who

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Women birthing: Jennifer Crook Moore

Local midwives encourage women to give birth on their own terms

By Jesse Chambers

“There’s no better feeling than seeing a woman give birth to her baby, on her own terms, then look at you and say, ‘I did it,’” says Jennifer Crook Moore, a Birmingham midwife. Women, Moore believes,

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Women working: Kelly Schuck

TalentQuest director pushes people to realize their potential in the changing labor landscape

By Jesse Chambers

[caption id="attachment_2930" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Kelly Schuck"][/caption] Businesses must hire good people, put them in the right positions, and work to develop their talents,

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Arrington generates comeback buzz

Arrington has a political ability other politicians lack. Unlike Patrick Cooper, for instance, Arrington knows how to generate buzz — the coffee house and barber shop chatter that drives politics. Last week, Arrington showed us again he’s stil

By Kyle Whitmire

“Again?” the voice on the other end of the phone asked. Several years ago, I called Richard Arrington to ask him about the pending retirement of Shelley Stewart. At the time, Arrington was only a

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Bankruptcy or hand-tossed

By Kyle Whitmire

Everyone is clear about what they don't want It's not a great mystery why our political leadership hasn't resolved the Jefferson County sewer debt crisis. Anyone who has ever ordered a pizza wit

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Bad Business?

Denny McCay, owner of Southplace Tire & Auto at Third Ave. South and Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard, is disturbed by what he sees as the unsavory behavior of some of the donors at PlasmaCare, the plasma center located across Third from him.

By Jesse Chambers

Denny McCay, owner of Southplace Tire & Auto at Third Ave. South and Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard, is disturbed by what he sees as the unsavory behavior of some of the donors at PlasmaCare, the