Government

Almost a year after being elected Hoover mayor, Nick Derzis says his administration is focused on one major theme: economic development.

The Villas Early Learning Center will provide free early learning opportunities for children from four months old through pre-K.

The utility's CEO said senior managers misunderstood when the current contract ended, and there wasn't time to request proposals from companies other than the one he recommended to the board.

The Council approved an agreement Tuesday with the Offender Alumni Association to support this year’s Peace on the Block initiative.

The Council and neighborhood groups are split on the proposal, which calls for a more than 100 foot tower near Red Mountain Expressway.

The suit aims to halt construction of a hyperscale data center in the Oxmoor Valley neighborhood. Testimony this week detailed the city’s permitting of the project, which plaintiffs say was illegal.

Fairfield City Counselor Courtney Turner made the comments in an open letter released Tuesday.

This proposal could allow Alabama Power and other utilities’ coal ash ponds to remain saturated in groundwater indefinitely.

Residents widely oppose the secrecy agreement signed by the city’s mayor and city attorney over Project Marvel, a proposed $14.5 billion hyperscale data center in Bessemer.

The judge made the decision Friday after hearing arguments that hinged on whether the two homeowners are eligible to sue.