Across the Birmingham region this week, institutions large and small find themselves at the intersection of growth and grievance — a university breaks enrollment records against national trends, while a woman faces arrest over an unpaid trash bill that advocates call unconstitutional. Legal challenges multiply around water governance, banking land deals, and faculty rights, suggesting that the structures through which communities organize power and resources are under unusual strain. These stories, taken together, reflect a region in active negotiation with itself about who benefits from prosp
Birmingham region sees record university enrollment, water system lawsuits, and civic transitions
An Alabama woman was arrested over an overdue trash bill; criminal prosecutions for trash debt have spanned decades in Winston County.