As of today, Birmingham's population is 229,800 people. Since 2000, Birmingham has had a population growth of negative 5.52 percent. The Birmingham public schools spends $4,933 per student. The average school expenditure in the U.S. is $6,058.

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery has been given £4.8m to set up a gallery showing the history of the city. Council chiefs said the Heritage Lottery Fund cash would make the £9.7m "Birmingham - A City in the Making" exhibition possible. Work on the ...

MONTGOMERY — Gov. Bob Riley believes the Supreme Court bingo ruling means electronic machines at the state’s largest casino are illegal, but it’s up to Attorney General Troy King to react, a Riley spokesman said. Riley and King are at odds ...

BIRMINGHAM — The Obama administration is opposing former Gov ... Siegelman was convicted swapping $500,000 in donations to a statewide lottery campaign for a seat on a powerful state medical regulatory board.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - The Obama administration is opposing former Gov. Don Siegelman's appeal of his felony corruption conviction before the U.S. Supreme Court. The Birmingham News reported Monday that the Justice Department has filed papers saying ...

There were 45 bingo Halls operating in Jefferson County during September before a crackdown by the Birmingham district attorney forced many to close. Inside the BAMACO Bingo hall in Fairfield, Ala., on Friday, September 25, 2009 (The Birmingham News ...

Washington Magnet High School principal and current state Sen ... Sparks, who supports taxing and regulating gambling in the state and allowing a vote on a lottery, said the only way he would even consider charter schools is if enough new revenue ...

AN unemployed metal detection enthusiast and a Staffordshire farmer are set to become millionaires following the discovery of a hoard of Anglo-Saxon treasure which experts are likely to value at about £3m this week. The gold and silver artefacts ...

Peter DeFazio, one of many Democrats in congress worried about hanging on to seats at next year's mid-term elections, said yesterday: "Quite frankly, all the gambling on Wall ... north, near Alabama's largest city, Birmingham, Stan Browdy has had ...

There's nobody whose name will flash on a projected NBA lottery board the first time he scores 20 points ... An Indiana program that opened its season with victories over Howard and South Carolina-Upstate was reminded of the dozen defeats by 15 or ...