Colorado lawmakers ended a tumultuous, impactful session Tuesday night after passing dozens of new laws that are poised to change everything from how the
/ Flowers left at a memorial outside the King Soopers in Boulder that was the site of a mass shooting in March.
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A gun-owning Democrat who leads horseback adventures in San Miguel County is torn over the idea of an assault weapons ban.
A former corrections officer living in Cortez says lawmakers should focus on strengthening laws already on the books.
From left to right: Jackie French, Housing Authority Birmingham District; Jefferson County Commissioner Sheila Tyson and Tiffany Osborne (at mic), UAB Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Center director of community engagement in the Smithfield community during a canvassing event to increase awareness about the COVID-19 vaccines. (Erica Wright, The Birmingham Times)
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Door knockers about the COVID-19 vaccine hung on over 3,000 doors around the Smithfield community on Monday thanks to the work of some local entities.
Jefferson County Commissioner Sheila Tyson, the Housing Authority of the Birmingham District (HABD) and the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s (UAB) Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Center (MHRC) partnered in an effort to help decrease vaccine hesitancy and increase vaccine awareness.
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By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
When some of her family members contracted coronavirus last year, Mary Wilkerson knew she would want a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it became available.
“My daughter-in-law came down with it right before Thanksgiving; she didn’t have to go in the hospital and was able to recover. My brother-in-law did not [have to be hospitalized, either]. They had to fight through it, though,” she said.
Wilkerson, 66, who lives in North Smithfield Manor in West Birmingham recently received her first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the Alabama Regional Medical Services (ARMS) clinic in North Birmingham. Like many African-Americans, Wilkerson said she was skeptical ahead of taking the doses.