Hannah Denham

Birmingham

Investigative Reporter at AL.com

Investigative reporter @aldotcom covering money, business, power | [email protected] | previously @washingtonpost @TB_Times @WBJOnline | she/her 🌈

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Birmingham metro keeps growing in the south and east: ‘more bang for your buck’

2 weeks ago | al.com | Ramsey Archibald |Hannah Denham

Overall, the Birmingham Metropolitan Area is growing. But that’s not so for Birmingham proper, nor for many core cities in the heart of Alabama’s largest metro area. As Birmingham and the over-the-mountain suburbs shrink, growth is continuing in cities further to the east and south of Birmingham, where there’s more land and homes are cheaper.
Decatur police investigating fatal car crash that erupted in flames

2 weeks ago | al.com | Hannah Denham

A juvenile died after a two-vehicle car crash in Decatur on Saturday night, police said. Decatur police officers and fire and rescue personnel were dispatched on Saturday night at 9:02 p.m. to the intersection of Beltline Road SW and Westmead Street SW. When officers arrived, one of the vehicles was fully engulfed in flames, and the juvenile inside the vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene.
High school class of 2026 faces new graduation requirements in Alabama: Here’s what’s changing

2 weeks ago | al.com | Hannah Denham

High school students graduating in 2026 will be the first to be required to meet new state requirements in exchange for their diplomas. These students already must earn 24 credits to graduate.
Tommy Tuberville stock trading: Which Democrats, Republicans trade more than Alabama senator?

3 weeks ago | al.com | Hannah Denham

Out of the 535 members of Congress, Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville trades more stock than 98% of them. And in the Senate, Tuberville trades more than his 99 colleagues. That’s according to Unusual Whales, a startup that helps investors track market activity. He also trails just a small number of House members. Since the former Auburn football coach-turned-senator took office in January 2021, Tuberville has reported making more than 1,300 stock trades, per an AL.com analysis of his financial records.
Tommy Tuberville is one of the busiest stock traders in Congress. Some deals raise ‘red flags’

3 weeks ago | al.com | Hannah Denham |Howard Koplowitz

Alabama‘s Tommy Tuberville trades more stocks than any other member of the U.S. Senate, finding himself on lists of top congressional traderswith the likes of Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin. Tuberville’s not the richest member of Congress and he may not be the most successful trader. But his trading does catch a lot of attention.
Layoffs in Alabama: 143 cuts reported in Bilfinger contract termination at Evonik plant

3 weeks ago | al.com | Hannah Denham

More than 140 workers are impacted by a German specialty chemicals company’s decision to end its contract in Alabama with an industrial manufacturing company. A recent notice filed with the state says 143 workers in Theodore near Mobile were laid off starting April 16. The notice appears to have been filed by the contractor, Bilfinger Inc. on May 7, per the Alabama Department of Commerce website.
65 layoffs slated for major tech company’s Alabama presence

3 weeks ago | al.com | Hannah Denham

A cloud technology company says it is laying off 65 workers in Montgomery. Oracle plans to start cutting the jobs on June 30, according to a recent notice filed with the state on May 7. The company provides computing infrastructure and software for businesses and other organizations, per its LinkedIn page. The reason for the layoffs is unclear. Spokespeople for the Austin, Texas-based software company did not respond to requests for comment.
3 Florida family members killed in crash with 18-wheeler near Alabama-Georgia state line

3 weeks ago | al.com | Hannah Denham

A Florida couple and their adult daughter died in a crash in Houston County on Saturday when their SUV crossed the interstate and collided with an 18-wheeler, the county’s coroner confirmed. Coroner Robert Byrd identified the three family members as David Waller and Diane Waller of Istachatta, Fla., and their daughter, Carrie Stone of Inverness, Fla. He said he could not confirm their ages.
Mobile SWAT team takes murder suspect into custody after deadly domestic shooting

3 weeks ago | al.com | Hannah Denham

A man is dead after Mobile police say another man potentially shot him during a “domestic-related” homicide on Sunday morning. On Sunday around 8:05 a.m., police officers were notified about a possible shooting by a man barricaded inside a home on the 3900 block of Driftwood Drive East, per a Mobile Police Department statement. Officers activated a SWAT response. When they entered the home, they found a man was dead, and took the subject into custody.
James Spann: ‘Hold off on the rage’ when he says Gulf of Mexico this hurricane season

3 weeks ago | al.com | Hannah Denham

James Spann said he’s shortening the name for the Gulf of America – formerly known as the Gulf of Mexico until President Donald Trump pushed for the new name on his first day back in office. “Most of us around here just call it ‘the Gulf,’” Spann, the chief meteorologist for ABC 33/40 in Birmingham, wrote in a Facebook post on Saturday. “Unfortunately, if we go beyond that it has now become political. “I guarantee you I will slip from time to time and call it the ‘Gulf of Mexico,’” he added.

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