Across Birmingham, coverage here takes in hiring, layoffs, wage changes and employment trends from the worker's side of the market. Reporting follows the stories that shape job prospects and bargaining power for people working in the city.
Fifty-one Alabama HBCU student and alumni entrepreneurs competed for cash prizes during Magic City Classic week.
Live Poll
Should states fund more business pitch competitions for college entrepreneurs?
Live Poll
Should local schools and colleges expand scholarship programs for graduates in your community?
Birmingham high school students met employers and colleges at a career fair held at the Birmingham CrossPlex.
Live Poll
Should Birmingham approve demolishing vacant buildings for utility projects if walls are attractive?
The utility wants to tear down the vacant Birmingham substation and build a brick wall around the combined lot.
Birmingham Business Alliance's Magic City HBCU Breakfast focused on pairing historically Black college students with employers before graduation.
Live Poll
Do you trust candidates who promise to work across party lines to represent your community?
The Congressional District 6 candidate participated in a weekend event focused on voter turnout.
Live Poll
Do you believe city-funded workforce development programs effectively lead to stable local employment?
The city approved $75,000 to support Birmingham Corps and its efforts to provide residents with career coaching.
This section follows major employers announcing layoffs or mass hiring, local jobs reports, minimum wage increases taking effect, and shifts in how much leverage workers have. Coverage reaches across the city and into the communities around it wherever a job story crosses that line. Hiring announcements and layoff notices tend to arrive in clusters, so the pattern often matters more than any single story. Labor demand in Birmingham moves with the health of the industries that anchor the metro, which makes those sectors the most useful thing to watch.
