Alabama mayors from left: Sandy Stimpson (Mobile), William Bell (Birmingham), Walter Maddox (Tuscaloosa) and Todd Strange (Montgomery) met in Birmingham on Monday to exchange ideas on how to improve and resolve issues in their cities. (Ariel Worthy, The Birmingham Times)
Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Senator Tim Kaine was in Birmingham last Friday and made his one public stop the historic 16th Street Baptist Church. (WBRC video)
A lawsuit filed on behalf of NAACP's Alabama chapter and four black voters in Montgomery federal court argue that Alabama's practice of electing appellate judges by statewide vote violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.