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Toggle navigation Listen Live Your browser does not support the audio element. News WBHM News Gulf States Newsroom America Amplified Election 2024 Utility Bill of The Month Deliberate Indifference Journalism Code of Integrity WBHM’s Local Journalism Innovation Fund The Rundown Podcast Deliberate Indifference Programs All Shows How To Listen Schedule Program Guide Membership DONATE Sustaining Membership FAQ’S Update Your Credit Card Donate Your Vehicle Matched Giving Foundation Support Gift Planning MemberConnect Sponsorship Current Sponsors Community Sponsor Circle Pay Your Invoice WHY BECOME A SPONSOR? Sponsorship Guidelines About Who We Are Our Team Our Values Friends Board Junior Board WBHM’s Local Journalism Innovation Fund Coverage Map Careers Contact Your browser does not support the audio element. News WBHM News Gulf States Newsroom America Amplified Election 2024 Utility Bill of The Month Deliberate Indifference Journalism Code of Integrity WBHM’s Local Journalism Innovation Fund The Rundown Podcast Deliberate Indifference Programs All Shows How To Listen Schedule Program Guide Membership DONATE Sustaining Membership FAQ’S Update Your Credit Card Donate Your Vehicle Matched Giving Foundation Support Gift Planning MemberConnect Sponsorship Current Sponsors Community Sponsor Circle Pay Your Invoice WHY BECOME A SPONSOR? Sponsorship Guidelines About Who We Are Our Team Our Values Friends Board Junior Board WBHM’s Local Journalism Innovation Fund Coverage Map Careers Contact | DONATE The United Auto Workers faces a key test in the South with upcoming vote at Alabama Mercedes plant The United Auto Workers is aiming for a key victory at Mercedes-Benz in Alabama. More than 5,000 workers at the facility in Vance and nearby battery plant will vote this week on whether to join the UAW. Your browser does not support the audio element. Gambling, ethics bills fall short as legislative session ends Alabama lawmakers closed the books on this year’s regular legislative session Thursday. While Republican leaders passed many of their priority bills, perhaps the most talked about issue – gambling – died. A look at what passed and failed in the 2024 legislative session Alabama lawmakers have ended a 2024 legislative session that saw the Republican majority win approval for a number of their top priorities. More News Your browser does not support the audio element. Q&A: Bobby Carter on leading Tiny Desk, his time at Jackson State, early career advice Carter, a Jackson State alumnus, took over as the new series host and producer for NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts” series in April. Your browser does not support the audio element. Alabama to begin working with a consulting company that’s under criminal investigation McKinsey & Company, an international consulting business, will help the state of Alabama develop a new strategic economic growth plan. The company is undertaking that project, while also dealing with a probe into whether it engaged in a criminal conspiracy. Your browser does not support the audio element. ‘Stupidity of politics’: Medicaid expansion effort dies in Mississippi Mississippi lawmakers couldn’t come together to pass a bill that could have expanded Medicaid for thousands of residents. NPR News ‘Brotherless Night,’ an ambitious novel about Sri Lankan civil war, wins $150K prize Trapped in Rafah, U.S. medical volunteers say they can’t save lives and can’t evacuate Melinda French Gates resigns as co-chair from the Gates Foundation A Girl Scouts troop offers hope and ‘sisters for life’ for migrant children Why protesters in Georgia are opposed to a ‘foreign agents’ law and why it matters Your browser does not support the audio element. This spiky-stemmed invasive grass is taking over Alabama Classified as one of the worst weeds in the world, cogongrass aggressively crowds out native species and costs Alabama landowners tens of millions of dollars in lost revenue. Your browser does not support the audio element. Gambling bill in doubt with three days left in the legislative session Alabama lawmakers are coming down to the finish line for this year’s legislative session. Many bills await passage, but perhaps the biggest one up in the air is a lottery and gambling bill. Your browser does not support the audio element. Pro-Palestinian demonstration draws counter-protest at University of Alabama Students gathered demanding the school call for a permanent and immediate ceasefire and to push the school to sever ties with defense contractor Lockheed Martin. A new Statehouse and related projects will cost about $400 million The Alabama Legislative Council, a 20-member panel comprised of legislative leaders and their appointees, approved the construction of the new Statehouse last year. The panel was given an update on the project on Wednesday. New pilot program will offer housing, resources to people leaving prison The Birmingham Reentry Alliance will provide wrap around services to dozens of men and women adjusting to life after prison. Alabama committee advances ban on LGBTQ+ pride flags in classrooms The Senate Education Policy Committee voted 5-2 for the House-passed bill, putting the proposal in line for a possible final passage in the last four days of the legislative session. More News Privacy View our privacy statement. PCI Compliant – CompliAssured ™ Secured Public Records FCC Public Inspection File Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Report Financial Statements Contact Public Radio WBHM 90.3 FM 650 11th Street South Birmingham AL 35233 T: 800-444-9246 P: 205-934-2606 Content Partners American Public Media Alabama Public Television (APT) Birmingham Business Journal BirminghamWatch Corporation For Public Broadcasting (CPB) National Public Radio Public Radio Exchange (PRX) WNYC Studios University of Alabama at Birmingham © WBHM 90.3 Not at this time Learn...