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      <news:title>Finance Committee to weigh $150,000 donation for Chief Tuskaloosa sculpture</news:title>
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      <news:title>Fire Rescue wants a free digital system to track fire inspections — committee to weigh in</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-11-01T17:49:51.244Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Tuscaloosa Properties Committee to weigh honorary Kip Tyner park and parkway designations, Knoll Road vacation</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-11-01T17:49:37.705Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Tuscaloosa insurance committee set to review city insurance policies</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-11-01T17:47:17.814Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Tuscaloosa Historic Preservation Commission set to hear 13 homeowner requests — porches, pools, fences and more</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-11-01T17:47:07.761Z</news:publication_date>
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      <news:title>Tuscaloosa finance committee set to weigh district spending, FY27 budgets and opioid settlement funds</news:title>
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      <news:title>Properties Committee takes up Southern Ale House Dockside agreement and 2205 13th Street proposal</news:title>
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      <news:title>Tuscaloosa Council to take up Springbrook Circle development deal, JR Crickets liquor license, retiree bonus</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-11-01T17:46:17.513Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Finance Committee to take up three budget moves: fire grant gear, K9 kennel, Saban Center funding shift</news:title>
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      <news:title>Tuscaloosa Finance Committee to weigh $248,588 budget shift for court software</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-11-01T17:46:02.694Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Tuscaloosa Council to weigh demolition liens, grants and Kip Tyner renaming hearings</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-11-01T17:45:26.912Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Finance Committee to weigh district spending, pension contracts, and a budget revision</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-11-01T17:44:11.646Z</news:publication_date>
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      <news:title>Finance Committee takes up animal shelter funding bump, police gear buys and PARA park spending</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-11-01T17:42:49.742Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Tuscaloosa council to weigh $68.9M in bonds, demolition orders, and hemp rules</news:title>
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      <news:title>Finance Committee to weigh $200K public safety grants and lake patrol funding</news:title>
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      <news:title>Tuscaloosa committee greenlights $8.6M Belk Center pool expansion plus storm drain and facility contracts</news:title>
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      <news:title>City leaders preview two rezonings, liquor licenses and a packed agenda before tonight&apos;s council meeting</news:title>
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      <news:title>City moves toward annexing vet clinic site near Denny Chimes Road; alcohol license set for spot across from Central High</news:title>
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      <news:title>Finance Committee to weigh $4.6M in public safety, City Hall and downtown spending shifts</news:title>
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      <news:title>Panel OKs $75K fix for failing DCH traffic signal and new entrance for Lexington Downs</news:title>
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      <news:title>Council digs into budget details: Elevate&apos;s future, amphitheater money, and public safety staffing ahead of RSA retirement wave</news:title>
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      <news:title>Committee moves Ash Street sidewalk project forward and greenlights airport upgrades, sewer repairs and police department fixes</news:title>
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      <news:title>Wenonah&apos;s state champs get a city proclamation as council grinds through an 82-item agenda</news:title>
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      <news:title>Crisis center gets secure-unit addition recommendation; Springbrook warehouse-retail plat advances; Pearson Circle plan tabled</news:title>
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      <news:title>Data center moratorium hits first reading as council clears consent agenda</news:title>
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      <news:title>Council adopts rezoning blueprint for East Birmingham neighborhoods — Airport Hills, East Lake, Woodlawn all affected</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-11-01T16:34:55.475Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Council greenlights dozens of demolitions, weed abatements and $200K for Bush Boulevard lighting</news:title>
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      <news:title>Birmingham Council OKs Holocaust Remembrance Day resolution, takes up 155-item agenda heavy on blight demolitions</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-11-01T16:28:22.187Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Board says no to taller McFarland billboard, but greenlights seven short-term rentals</news:title>
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      <news:title>Committee advances $12.3M Woolsey Finnell utility relocation and dozens of road, park and drainage projects to full council</news:title>
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      <news:title>City prepares to vote on condemnations — one 19th Avenue house may get a 30-day lifeline</news:title>
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      <news:title>Legacy Country Club MOU heads to council vote tonight after owners pay $170K and demo burned units</news:title>
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      <news:title>Birmingham council honors a Fair Housing Champion and takes first look at public camping ban</news:title>
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      <news:title>Tuscaloosa preps agenda: street renaming hearing, water chemicals bid, Saban Center costs and a possible PARA say-so</news:title>
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      <news:title>Tuscaloosa committee to weigh $221K City Hall Annex lobby renovation and a handful of small city facility contracts</news:title>
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      <news:title>Tuscaloosa Finance Committee to weigh district fund payouts and 2027 storm-prep tax holiday</news:title>
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      <news:title>Tuscaloosa Properties Committee to weigh marketing City-owned Greensboro Ave. building and UA pedestrian bridge easement</news:title>
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      <news:title>Birmingham Council takes up FY2027 budget package, $775K in transfers and nuisance cleanups at June 30 meeting</news:title>
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      <news:title>Council funds micro shelters, sues over fire trucks and lead cables — but parking fine overhaul stalls until June</news:title>
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      <news:title>Council votes to put Birmingham police officers in public housing communities — plus $250K for 16th Street Baptist Church</news:title>
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      <news:title>Birmingham Council agenda packed with land sale for karting track, KultureCity project and dozens of nuisance abatements</news:title>
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      <news:title>Residents Line Up to Tell the Council How to Spend Next Year&apos;s Budget</news:title>
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      <news:title>Pelham council unanimously hires GenRev to reimagine the former Oak Mountain Amphitheatre site</news:title>
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