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Ira Glass, host of This American Life, will be in Birmingham Saturday at UAB's Alys Stephens Center. WBHM’s Vahini Shori spoke with him about the show and his career.

This weekend marks 25 years for the Old 280 Boogie in Waverly, Alabama. What may be surprising is how it started – as a reaction to highway planning.

Lawmakers failed to require formal public hearings in electric rate cases. But citizen opposition helped kill a move to end PSC elections.

The agreement with Enterprise Fleet Management is estimated to save about $1.8 million per year, according to financial projections presented to the board.

Legislators finished the 2026 legislative session Thursday with a hotly contested primary bill falling short.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor spoke to University of Alabama law students Thursday as part of a lecture series.

Central Alabama Water’s laboratory stopped testing drinking-water samples for safety, and another lab is now performing those tests.

The decision came Friday during a hearing on two cases challenging state laws that restructured the Birmingham Water Works Board, now operating as Central Alabama Water.

Gov. Kay Ivey signed the bill, which would expand the commission among other changes, Thursday afternoon.

The hearing, which is open to the public, will take place at Friday afternoon at the Robert S. Vance Courthouse in Birmingham.