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Imagination Library Cut in JeffCo
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2012 January Bards of Birmingham Charter Schools: None in Alabama, but May Change Soon John Archibald Remembering UAB Legend Gene Bartow Tapestry - January 2011 The January 2012 Tornado WBHM Education Desk WBHM Partners with Alabama Public Television February Alabama's Prison Problem Capitol Journal Update How Much Do You Know About Charter Schools? Interview with Education Reformer Michelle Rhee Legislature Considers Immigration Law Tweaks Local Government with Kyle Whitmire Magic City Marketplace State Lawmakers Consider Education Reforms The Jefferson County Sound	2011 January Alabama and the Oil Spill: Federal Report Alabama and the Oil Spill: Gulf Real Estate Market Local Government With Kyle Whitmire On The Line: STUFF Remembering Virginia Samford Donovan Stuff: Alabama's Unclaimed Property Stuff: One Man's Stuff Stuff: Telling the Story of Alabama's First African-American Architect Stuff: Where Stuff Goes to Die February Alabama and the Oil Spill: Gulf Fish Numbers Up Holy Family Cristo Rey School Impact Alabama's Savings Contest Spring Awakening Tax Refund: Paper to Plastic March A New Leader for Birmingham Southern College Bariatric Ambulance C-FISH Program Aims to Help Charter Boats Rebound Gil Shaham Jefferson County Tax Ruled Unconstitutional John Davis Treks East for Wildlife Conservation Virgil Trucks April Alabama and the Oil Spill: Marketing Seafood Alabama's Immigration Bill Greg Mortenson Interview New Leadership at the BBA Northern Beltline: Downtown Development Northern Beltline: Environmental Impact Northern Beltline: Overview The 2011 Tornadoes: Birmingham's Aftermath The 2011 Tornadoes: Cullman WBHM NAMED MOST OUTSTANDING RADIO NEWS OPERATION WBHM Needs Your Input on Education Issues May Boman interview Closing Corporate Tax Loopholes Legislative Review and Preview Lynch vs Alabama Northern Beltline: The St. Clair Effect The 2011 Tornadoes: Churches The 2011 Tornadoes: Cross-country Help The 2011Tornadoes: Mental Health June Alabama Organic Agriculture Alabama's New Immigration Law and Schools Driver's Education Gulf Coast Consortium: the BP Oil Spill Remembering Kathryn Tucker Windham The 2011 Tornadoes: Phil Campbell July Alabama and the Oil Spill: The Domino Effect Polluted Schools Teach For America in Alabama The Farewell Drifters August A Challenge to Alabama's Immigration Law A Verdict in Alabama's Gambling Corruption Trial AdvancedPlacement Alabama's Gambling Corruption Trial AP-update Arbitron & the Tornado Defibrillators FEMA Payments Delayed Gulf Economy Rebounds Jones Valley Tutorial Matisyahu Open Meetings Law September A Healthy Novella Birmingham Bus Cuts Hunger Hits A New Target Jefferson County's New Health Officer Justin Brown interview Part 3: Walking School Bus Pt2-RuralChallenges School Closures School Transpo Safety Pt 1 - Urban Trains The Sewer and the Legislature Tragic City Rollers October Deciphering Alabama's Immigration Law Fantasy Football: International Edition Hilary Hahn interview Immigration Law and Schools Immigration Law and Schools: Trying to Calm Fears Max's Delicatessen & the Immigration Law Religious Exemptions to School Vaccine Requirements on Rise Remembering Fred Shuttlesworth StoryCorps November Alabama Immigrants: Skilled or Unskilled Labor? Alabama Immigration Law Attracts Washington Attention Bring Your Own Parts Dan Carsen Interviewed Re Immigration Law on "The Takeaway" IMMIGRATION LAW: State AG Balks at DOJ Request Jefferson County Bankruptcy Round-Up Jefferson County Votes to File for Bankruptcy John Archibald on Jefferson County's Bankruptcy Lynch v. Alabama Ruling Plaintiffs to Appeal Lynch vs. Alabama Ruling Reaction to Jefferson County Bankruptcy Strange Rebuffs DOJ Again The Private Eye Program What's to Come Under Bankruptcy December Despite Successful Fundraising, Imagination Library Still On Hold Farm Guest Workers Home Energy Efficiency Icelanders in the Magic City Imagination Library Cut in JeffCo John Archibald Local Government with Kyle Whitmire Magic City Marketplace Mo Rocca: A Life on Stage Officers Pepper-Spraying Birmingham Students The Reconstruction of Asa Carter
2010 January Childhood Obesity Grant Girlyman Local Government with Kyle Whitmire Restoring Wetlands on Farmlands Shelter and Cold The Race for Mayor: The Runoff February Dr. Freida Hill Electronic Bingo Showdown Open Secret Southern Environmentalism March Awards Charter Schools 101 Charter Schools: Do They Work? Charter Schools: Politics Charter Schools: The Texas Example Dr. Craig Witherspoon Faith & Fitness Legislature Mid-Session Progress Report OTL: Charter Schools Seagrass Beds in Crisis April 2010 Legislative Interviews An Alternative Plan For 280 Bingo Bill Investigation Children's Mental Health: Alabama's Foster Care System Children's Mental Health: the Juvenile Justice System Legislative Review and Preview On The Line: Fixing 280 the B-52s The Oil Spill & Alabama The Parable of Grog and Zog US 280: Local Governments React US 280: The BBA's View US 280: The Environmental Perspective US 280: Tolling May Alabama and the Oil Spill: Hurricane Season Alabama and the Oil Spill: One Family's Story Alabama and the Oil Spill: Protecting the Beaches Alabama and the Oil Spill: Seafood Safety Alabama and the Oil Spill: Tourism Takes a Hit Alabama Gubernatorial Primary 2010 Bike to Work New EPA Sulfur Dioxide Rules Sleepy Mamas The ASO plays Carnegie Hall The Future of the Jefferson County Commission June Anne Frank and Me Jefferson County Commission Runoff Midwives in Alabama Oil Spill and Hair Sausages On the Line: Ask the Mayor July Hotel Tax Dispute Robert Bentley Vestavia Hills: Library in the Forest August Birmingham-Southern's Interim President Birmingham-Southern's Struggles: a Student Perspective Child Care Subsidies at Risk David Pollick Resigns Increasing Exports Occupational Tax Settlement Price of Poverty: Buy-a-Meter Price of Poverty: Food Deserts Price of Poverty: Involuntary Flextime Price of Poverty: Time Banks Remembering Cecil Whitmire The Price of Poverty September A Receiver for Jeffco's Sewer: What Does It Mean? Alabama Symphony Orch. 2010-11 season Blueprint Birmingham Conservation: The Behavior Gap Jefferson County Attorney's Pay MASS Ensemble's Earth Harp Michele Norris: The Grace of Silence Railroad Park Opens The Tea Party in Alabama Tokyo String Quartet WBHM Seeks Solutions to Southern Education Problems October Alabama Election 2010: Congressional District 2 Bob Riley: The Exit Interview E-Recycling Election 2010: Attorney General Election 2010: Governor's Race and Gambling Election 2010: House District 47 Pits Jack Williams Against Chip McCallum Gambling Arrests On the Line: Election 2010 Southern Transplants Enjoy Football Above the Mason-Dixon Line WBHM Partners on Gulf Coast Consortium to Cover Oil Spill November Bare Hands Closes NASCAR Retailer Perfects the Two Minute Hiring Pitch On The Line: Ask The Mayor Polling Place Confusion Rent-a-Goat Business Takes Off Southwest, AirTran and Birmingham December Alabama and the Oil Spill: Bayou la Batre Alabama and the Oil Spill: Environmental Justice Alabama and The Oil Spill: GM to Recycle Booms into Chevy Volt Defense Spending Boosts Huntsville's Economy John Archibald Magic City Marketplace	2009 January Councilman Johnathan Austin From Birmingham to Israel Gaza -- A Nonviolent View Jim Carns on County's Lobbying Contract The Inauguration and the Magic City February Book Hill Pulls out of County Contract New Lead Laws Affect 2nd Hand Clothing Stores March Alabama Prepaid College Tuition Dan Carsen on Science Inside Phylogeography Making Do: Elder Care Making Do: School Lunch Making Do: The McCoys' Housing Dilemma Making Do: Vanishing Pages Marie Sutton on Race Relations On The Line: Making Do Regions: Managing the Message The Economy & Nonprofits: A Conversation with Tim Delaney WBHM Named Most Outstanding News Operation Willie King Remembered April Anniston Update City Councilwoman Miriam Witherspoon Dies Grocery Auction Legislative Week in Review More Budget Cuts? RealtySouth Lawsuit Swine Flu and Alabama May Birmingham's Budget: Child Care Resources Brunos Fallout: the Glenwood Pecans Legislative Review and Preview New Economic Incentive Law Occupational Tax: An Overview Scrushy Trial Update US Steel: Fairfield Fallout War of Words Whitmire on Budget Woes and Kid One Transport Wilcox County Unemployment June Collins & Carns: Jeffco Sewer Hearing Collins & Carns: Occupational Tax Foreign Policy Priorities: A Local Perspective Gay/Straight in Alabama: Domestic Partner Benefits Gay/Straight: Bullying Gay Students Gay/Straight: Marie Sutton on Gay Marriage Gay/Straight: Spirituality On The Line: Gay/Straight in Alabama Scrushy Ordered to Pay $2.9 Billion What Does Six Flags Bankruptcy Mean for Alabama Adventure? July Alabama Making Progress in Child Well Being, But Still Lags Behind Birmingham Business Alliance Birmingham: A Hub for Green Building City Stages Vendors Left with Bill Jefferson County Sheriff Resistant to Budget Cuts Obama Picks Alabama Doctor for Surgeon General On The Line: Jefferson County Budget Crisis Tornado Sirens: Anyone Listening? August Businesses' Take on the Birmingham Business Alliance City Council Elections Civil Rights Pardons Coal Ash Controversy Jefferson County Layoffs: Wes Gregory's Story Lee McAlister's Courthouse Wait Pelham's New Newspaper Stantis Leaves for Chicago The Race for Governor September Corruption & Ethics: Impact Alabama Corruption and the Economy Corruption in Alabama: What's the Deal? Corruption: Who's Watching? Hurricane Tornadoes Pop Goes the Liberal Tide Flu Wadley Waits What's The Deal: Ethics Commission What's the Deal: Whistleblowers October Arrington's Future Birmingham Mayor on Trial Conversation with Gene Bartow Global Warming & National Parks If He's Found Guilty, Who Succeeds Langford? Larry Langford Convicted On the Line -- The Trial of Larry Langford Swine Flu Update Tri-State Water Wars: Atlanta November Birmingham's Airport To Expand Davis on Constitutional Reform JP Morgan Settles with Jefferson County Musical Examines Atlanta Lynching Silly Bandz December Considering Faith: Religion 101 Estrogen Contamination in Waterways Greening the Greens John Archibald Magic City Marketplace Mayoral Forum Mercedes Moves C-Class The Race for Mayor Timber Theft
2008 January Kenyan Student Reaction February Alabama Tornado Parliament House checks out March Alabama Appalachian Trail ASO Bankruptcy Lessons Beer Brawl Cave 9 Fee or Flee Loss of Arts Funding NonProfit Management On The Line: Funding Arts Public arts funding Sister Helen Prejean Sizwe's Test April Baseball's Black History Childcare in Birmingham College Fight Songs High School Drop Out Rates Marriage and Immigration Science of Stuttering SEC Charges Mayor Langford Teen Brains May Alabama Adventure sold Alabama Sales Tax on Food Construction Merger Free Bus Rides It's Elementary Langford and Religion Langford Speaks Severe Storms Smoking ban legislation World's Top Auctioneer June Air Quality: a history Air Quality: Emissions Air Quality: Health Air Quality: On The Line Air Quality: Portland Air Quality: Traffic Birmingham City Budget Chief Roper: The Interview Dan Carsen on Larry Langford Drought Update - water supply Election 2008 Legislative Review and Preview ShotSpotter Strong Girls July Alabama Obesity Ranking Banking Woes Career Colleges Goalball: Blind Ambition HIV/AIDS in the South Larry Langford Profile Realty Check Stopping Spam Volkswagen Goes to Tennessee Wilcox County's Pain at the Pump August Eating Alabama Remembering Lou Sewer Split The XO goes to School September Alabama Economy: Regions Bank Bunking in Bartow Dan Carson's Bug Lesson Election 2008: National Conventions Minority Science Brain Drain On The Line: The Alabama Economy Pump Prices Steve Chiotakis leaving WBHM Vipassana Behind Bars October Alabama Economy: Big Family Alabama Economy: Downtown Housing Alabama Economy: Homeless Congressional District 3 Crossing the Divide - A Political Commentary Electing Judges? HealthSouth CEO Advises on Tough Economy Jefferson County Bankruptcy Update My City Was Gone Stock Market Perspective November 2008 Consitutional Amendments Birmingham Economic Summit Election Day Tips Should Journalists Vote? December Anniston Update Considering Faith: Dan Carsen's Perspective Considering Faith: Emuna Considering Faith: Judge Roy Moore Update Considering Faith: Marie Sutton's Christmas Considering Faith: Prayer in School Considering Faith: Pulpit Politics Considering Faith: Religion in the Workplace Considering Faith: The Outsiders Perspective John Archibald: Plugged Local Government with Kyle Whitmire Magic City Marketplace Mayor Langford Arrested On The Line: Considering Faith	2007 January Consent Decree Lifted Tyson Foods Lawsuit WBHM 30th Anniversary February Cut It Out God, Darwin and Dixie Part 1: Semantics God, Darwin and Dixie Part 2: Stickers God, Darwin and Dixie Part 3: Solution? Nature Deficit Disorder Physician Suicide Second Careers Short Stature Kids Taking Mental Health to the Streets VA Missing Hard Drive March Chevalier Burning Bright March Storms Prison Arts and Education Steel Deal April A Safe Haven; A Safe Home Chilton County Cold Snap Community College Controversy Dr. John Lennox Gadsden Auction Houses Healing Gardens Sleep Apnea May Alabama lures steelmaker Code Red Olde Tyme Healing Small Banks Twice as Good: Condoleezza Rice and Her Path to Power July New Lab Opening Semantics Antics WBHM's 30th Anniversary August Birmingham: Suburbanly Divided Urban Divide: Arts & Economy Urban Divide: Housing Urban Divide: Population Shift Urban Divide: Schools September Conversations with the Homeless Czar On The Line: The Urban Divide October Life Sentences for Teens The Ghost Map November Bridge to Safety Langford takes over December Searching for Safetown: Crime Stats & Economic Development SFS: Black on Black SFS: Broken Windows SFS: By the Numbers SFS: Juvenile Crime SFS: On The Line SFS: Police Ride-along Wheat Prices Soar
2006 January Autism: Diagnosis Autism: Treatment Katrina: Kids Mental Health Medicare & Mental Health Play Therapy Remembering a Soldier: Stephen White Root Shock Women Leaders February Alabama Church Fires Alabama Church Fires: Community Reaction The Learning Game March Bibb County resolve Domestic Abuse and Mental Illness From BSC to Saturn's Moon Making Sense of Mental Health: On the Line Making Sense of Mental Health: Rebecca's Story No Child Left Behind: Year 4 The Pentecostal Century Whose Orders at abu Ghraib? April Autism & Diet David Broder Home Mental Health Care Legislative Review and Preview Marilynne Robinson Pardoning Rosa Parks Peace in the South May Howell Raines Hurricane Katrina: Asian-American's Mental Health International Women Kenyan Student Group Latino Mental Health Lobbying the Statehouse On The Line: Election 2006 Regions and AmSouth Student Docs Debut Technology and Trademarks June AIDS Epidemic Timeline AIDS: The Epidemic in Alabama Alabama's AIDS Orphans Faith-based Voting Meth and AIDS Mockingbird One Woman's Story The MOMS Project July Caught in Beirut North Korean missiles August Katrina: One year later On the Line - education The New, New Normal September Green Tea and DNA Selling Geology's Gems October Elder Exploitation General Wesley Clark North Korea Nukes Paying for Progress November Campaign 2006: The Results Justin Brown On the Line: Mass Transit Organ Donation Race for Alabama Governor Rethinking Violence: Is it a Disease? Street Smart The Secrets of Amarna December The Bodon Family Secret The Harp Ladies Tuskegee Doubts	2005 January 12 Days of Christmas Counting the Uncounted Evi's New Look Flu season Making Sense of Mental Health Mental Health Stigma New AIDS Drug Not Just the Baby Blues February Black Farmer Lawsuit Update Depressed Moms and Low Birth Weight Medical Bankruptcy Mental Music March A Modern Day Miortia Autism Rates Green Tea Rx Minority Research Day Music Therapy April A Southern T-Rex Cousin ADHD Greentime Alzheimer's Poetry Project Art as Business Big FIsh Mind's Eye: Art & Mental Illness Outside Inside Part 2 Outside Inside, Part 1 Structure Savers The "New" New South Tutwiler Storytime May Brown-vs-Board 2: Resegregation Covering Suicide Gloria Feldt Mental Health Court Mental Illness & Poverty Parental Leave Pharmacy's Prognosis TR Pearson June 2nd Homes Activist Doctors and AIDS Engineering New Territory Ensley Germany Photos Koreans Driving Auto Competition Rosemary's German Weblog Winn Dixie Closing July Help for Honduras Mental Health: Small Business Coverage SciGirls August Animal Assisted Therapy One Stasi Victim's Story Teen Diary: Brittany Chase's Story Teen Diary: Brittany Labrake's Story Teen Diary: Story of a Cutter September AIDS Evacuees Birmingham Post-Herald Black Belt Poverty Hurricane Banking Troubles Hurricane Ruins Convention Business Katrina-Alabama schools No Child Left Behind Post-Herald Last Edition Shelter Closing Teacher Shortage The Last Days October Asperger's Syndrome: Nathan's Story Birmingham: Open for Business Boarding Home Inspections Lemony Snicket Remembering Rosa Parks Super Outbreak of '74 Teen Depression Study Young Zombies in Love November Anne Fadiman House Budget & Mental Health Programs Medicare D Mental Health & Workplace Productivity My Uncle Danny Overcoming Schizophrenia Special Education The Gospel According to Anne December Asian Soybean Rust Asperger's Syndrome: the Kids Babec's Pacemaker Flu Pandemic Green Tea and Skin Cancer Highway Tango Holiday Blues Lawyer Assistance Program Meth Bill Phyllis's Story Ten Days of Tibet World AIDS Day
2004 February Child Care Crunch Education Budget Cuts Hormone Replacement Therapy: Risks & Benefits If Money Grew on Trees Inside Interpreting Medical Residents: Underpaid/Overworked Philanthropy: Transfer of Wealth Philanthropy: Venture Philanthropy March Alabama Bluegrass Living with Arthritis: Joseph's Story Nursing Shortage April Fast Food Trends Food Safety Protecting Alabama's Innocent, Part 1 Protecting Alabama's Innocent, Part 2 Scholar's Bowl May Drug Reimportation: Promise or Peril? John Grisham's Mickey June Bank Merger July Old Fashioned Market Sock Capital of the World August Watermelon 101 World's Longest Yard Sale Youth Workforce Development September Economic Irony Fall Break USA Track: The Lee Evans Story November Public Health 911 December Black Farmer Lawsuit Green Christmas Ham Day O Christmas Tree Resume Creep Smockers' Christmas	2003 January The Black College Challenge February Birmingham Baseball History March Alabama Quarter Filling The Gaps: The Dental Dilemma Wide Awake April Alabama Earthquake Troops Ready to Go May Anti War Movement Buddhist Art in Birmingham Civics 101 June Free Press Post 9-11 Health South: A Non-Profit Reality The Clean Air Quest The Parable of Harry Potter July Hair Cut Check Up August The Anniston Depot: All Fired Up September 40 Years of Civil Rights Election: The Numbers Game Recycled/Remade: Folk Art at the BMA Remembering James Rachels School Fees The Burning Bus October For the Birds Race for City Hall The Road Less Traveled December Carillon: The Bells of the Season Christmas Tamales Unclaimed Baggage
2002 February Solemn Slolem June The Politics of School October Waste Not Want Not November The Furious Fall December The Ringing Sideshow	2001 April Ample Scrabble May Thera-pooch June Hamming It Up High-tech schools Techno-schools Vista for Veterans July Talewaggers Talewaggers August Remembering a Martyr October The Art of 9-11 November Playing Nice