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Historic tax credit bill vital for Birmingham, says state senator

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The Pizitz building is nearly ready for its second life as a mixed-use development after a $70 million restoration. (Contributed photo).

By Barnett Wright

The Birmingham Times

UAB receives $16 million grant to reduce cancer disparities

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Upender Manne, left, UAB's lead principal investigator for the UAB Cancer Center/Morehouse School of Medicine/Tuskegee University partnership, discusses cancer disparities with a researcher at a poster presentation. (Provided photo)

By Beena Thannickal

UAB News

¡NUEVOlution!: Latinos in the New South exhibition opens at BCRI

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Nuevolution Advisory Committee From left: Carlos Aleman, Yasmin Contreras, Michael Wilson, Sarai Portillo, Michael Innis-Jimenez (back), John Ocampo, Isabel Rubio, Priscilla Hancock Cooper, Cinthia Saenz, Joel Rivera, Isabel Rivera, and Rosemary Johnson. Joel and Isabel Rivera are featured in the exhibition. (Stephonia Taylor McLinn, special to The Times).

Special to The Times

Miles College Purple Marching Machine voted HBCU Sports Band of the Year

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The Purple Marching Machine remains one of the premier bands in the nation. (Provided photo)

Special to The Times

Long days, hard work lead to honor for former BWWB chairman

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Ronald Mims (Frank Couch, The Birmingham Times)

By Max Rykov

Special to the Times

Local couple turn forged iron, stained glass into sweet combo

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Forrest Millsap and Shana Sweet combined their talents and their names to form Sweetsap. (Mark Sandlin, Alabama NewsCenter)

By Mark Sandlin

Alabama NewsCenter

The forgotten opioid epidemic: African Americans and heroin

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The heroin epidemic has been seeping into communities of color, where heroin overdose death rates have more than doubled among African Americans, but has gone largely overlooked by the media. (Wikimedia Commons)

By Glenn Ellis

How one mother got legislators to address special education

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A preschool student with autism and educator go over visual prompts. (LM Otero, The Associated Press)

By Valerie Strauss

The Washington Post

Birmingham Restaurant Week features comfort foods

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Participating restaurants are offering a range of food and drink incentives to give patrons a chance to taste and savor the city’s rich and expanding culinary scene.

By Keisa Sharpe

Alabama NewsCenter