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Incumbents Sherman Collins Jr., Derek Billups and Leticia W. Harvill are headed back to the Birmingham City Board of Education; runoffs are needed in Districts 2, 8 and 9.

Voters go to the polls Tuesday to decide the men and women who will lead the area’s cities into the next few years. In Birmingham, eight challengers are seeking to unseat Mayor Randall Woodfin. Seven council seats are up for grabs; incumbents were unopposed in two districts. Six of the nine seat

So far, 49 candidates have qualified to be on the Aug. 26 ballot.

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That makes it a baker’s dozen on the year so far for Solomon Crenshaw Jr.

More of Alabama’s students graduated high school last year designated as ready for the next step into college or the workplace, according to a new PARCA analysis.

The city has set up several days of meetings and an online survey to get comments on plans for improvements to the route stretching from downtown westward through Smithfield and Graymont.

At least two Birmingham-area nonprofits have lost funding with cuts to the National Endowment for the Arts, a third’s grant is under review and arts community leaders expect a trickle-down effect that could reach a host of programs and events.

The Ethics Commission said there is no evidence to support allegations that BWWB Chairwoman Tereshia Huffman had violated the ethics law. Lawmakers also revised a bill to revamp the BWWB, adding two members.