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We asked Birmingham-area residents, Where’s a place you visited as a child that you remember fondly? DARIAN TRAVIS: “I remember going to Dauphin Island [Alabama] throughout my childhood. My grandparents lived there and I would visit them every summer. I love that place, it was beautiful and we would chill on the beach and I even got stung by a jellyfish once but it was worth it because I would have so much fun.” QADEEM HASSAN: “The Portofino Island Resort in Pensacola, Florida. I went there throughout my childhood from age 7 up to when I was 15. It was just always a family getaway eve...

By Erica Wright Apostle Wanda Stephen knows the pain of losing a loved one to gun violence. Stephen, pastor of Jesus Real International Ministry, and founder of Mothers Who Want the Violence to Stop, lost her son, George Powell Jr., 15 years ago when he was only 23. “I’ve been fighting out here ever since,” said Stephen on Wednesday at the Homer E. Hayes Soccer Complex in the 200 block of Glen Crest Drive in Fairfield where a shooting occurred Tuesday night. “I want to tell the community you need to put the guns down and pick up the Word of God,” she said. “I am so tired of this g...

The Birmingham Times  On Monday, The United States Census Bureau released the results of the 2020 Census, with population totals and congressional seat distributions updated in all states.  According to the results, Alabama will get to retain all seven of its Congressional seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.  Rep Terri A. Sewell (AL-07), said she was extremely pleased with the results of the 2020 Census.  “During the 2020 Census, my office worked diligently to ensure our constituents knew how important it was to be counted- from hosting Census Job Hiring Fairs, virtual Census ro...

StateImpact Pennsylvania State Senate Republicans say they will block Gov. Tom Wolf’s appointments to Pennsylvania’s utility regulator unless he stops his effort to have the state join a regional cap-and-trade program targeting power plant emissions. It’s the latest escalation of their fight against the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), which they say will hurt coal communities. The move shocked some environmental and consumer protection groups, who say Republicans are holding the Public Utility Commission hostage over an unrelated policy decision. The PUC has been short a memb...

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times Birmingham’s mayor and police chief; Jefferson County’s Sheriff and DA and the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama on Friday announced a partnership to stem gun violence in Birmingham and across Jefferson County. The alliance comes in a month that has seen an uptick in gun violence including one week that left at least seven dead and more than 10 wounded.  “This constitutes a unique law enforcement partnership that I believe is necessary to tackle gun violence,” said Mayor Randall Woodfin, during a virtual press confer...