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May 30, 2023

Alabama Politics

Birmingham Real Time News

Birmingham’s budgeting process creates power imbalance, critics say

After changes to the city’s charter in 2016, the Birmingham council can’t edit the proposed budget without the mayor’s written approval.

By Joseph D. Bryant | [email protected]

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News

4 things to know about the debt ceiling deal

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the U.S. could run out of cash to pay the bills and default on its obligations if the debt ceiling is not raised by June 5.

By The Associated Press

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Birmingham Real Time News

Where should the money go? I-65 or U.S. 43? Gigantic Alabama road projects stir political battle

Widening Interstate 65 from the Tennessee state line to Mobile is a priority for Alabama Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth. But widening U.S. 43 remains a focus of Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey’s administration.

By John Sharp | [email protected]

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News

Liz Cheney blasts GOP during commencement speech

“I had to choose between lying and losing my position in House leadership,” Cheney said Sunday in Colorado Springs.

By The Associated Press

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Opinion

Kay Ivey haunted by ghosts and governors of Alabama death penalty

Former Alabama governors Bentley and Siegelman regret their death penalty decisions. We hope Grim Reaper Gov. Ivey is listening.

By J.D. Crowe | [email protected]

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Biden, McCarthy reach ‘agreement in principle’ to raise debt ceiling as default looms

A deal would avert a catastrophic U.S. default.

By The Associated Press

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