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Today's riddle: Is there anybody completely useless? 🤔 (Answer below!)
• Vestavia Hills City Council approves $146 million budget for 2027 (vestaviavoice.com) — Vestavia Hills has approved a $146 million city budget for 2027, funding raises for employees, new firefighters, street repaving, stormwater work and sidewalk projects. Leaders also committed millions to Liberty Park ballfields and high school facilities while keeping an east-side library or community center under consideration pending more public input and design work.
• Vestavia Hills celebrates new flag football locker room (vestaviavoice.com) — Vestavia Hills High School's flag football team now has its own dedicated locker room, giving players a space to connect and prepare together before games. The new facility, believed to be Alabama's first for girls flag football, comes as the Rebels chase another state championship appearance after several dominant seasons.
• Alabama weekly wages hit record high as unemployment holds at 3.4% (256today.com) — Vestavia Hills currently boasts the lowest unemployment rate among Alabama's major cities at just 2.6%, according to new state labor data. Statewide, average weekly wages hit a record $1,187.71 in August and overall unemployment held at 3.4%, with job growth strongest in leisure and hospitality, professional services, and private education and health care.
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