Tag: federal
After 5 Killed to Start Weekend, Birmingham Mayor Woodfin Calls For...
The Birmingham Times
After five people were killed at the start of the Labor Day weekend in Birmingham, Mayor Randall L. Woodfin called out gangs...
Birmingham City Councilors On Their Plans To Spend $35M in Federal...
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Birmingham City Councilors are mostly eager to spend the remaining $35 million in federal COVID relief money which is geared...
Federal judge blocks Alabama’s strict abortion ban
By Kim Chandler
Associated Press
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday blocked Alabama’s near-total abortion ban from taking effect next month and called...
Lawsuit seeks to overturn Alabama’s felon voting rights ban
By Kim Chandler
Associated Press
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- A federal lawsuit is challenging Alabama's policy of stripping convicted felons' of their right to vote.
The Greater...
Obama nominates Muslim American for federal bench
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama has nominated a Washington, D.C., attorney for the federal bench. If confirmed, he would be the first Muslim...
New Orleans Scandal Involves Judge, Prominent Lawyer and Businesswoman Facing Federal...
By Tonya Pendleton, BlackAmericaWeb.com
A scandal in New Orleans has the city riveted as a prominent lawyer, his wife, a Federal judge and a businesswoman...
United States Contracting Official Charged with Obstructing a Federal Audit
United States Contracting Official Charged with Obstructing a Federal Audit
BIRMINGHAM – Federal prosecutors today charged a civilian contract officer working with the U.S. Army...
IRS Has Refunds Totaling $1 Billion for People Who Have Not...
IRS Has Refunds Totaling $1 Billion for People Who Have Not Filed a 2011 Federal Income Tax Return
WASHINGTON — Federal income tax refunds totaling...