Hannah Denham
@hannah_denham1
Investigative reporter @aldotcom covering money, business, power | [email protected] | previously @washingtonpost @TB_Times @WBJOnline | she/her 🌈
NEW: The top donors to both presidential campaigns since 2023 include a former Alabama football star and a former federal judge. 100,000+ campaign finance records later, here's what I found: al.com/news/2024/07/h…
"Your commerce will feel our grief.” Activists promise sit-ins, die-ins and vigils at downtown Homewood businesses until police video of Jabari Peoples' fatal shooting is released to family. al.com/news/birmingha…
The plan to develop a $14 billion data center campus in a rural part of the community southwest of Birmingham hit a snag Tuesday morning. Read more: al.com/business/2025/…
$14 billion data center vote postponed as dozens protest project in Bessemer al.com/business/2025/…
New bar at Birmingham massacre site delays opening, makes layoffs: ‘We wanted to take this space back’ al.com/business/2025/…
NEW: The Bessemer City Council postponed their vote today on rezoning nearly 700 acres of mostly timber to make way for a data center campus al.com/business/2025/…
NEW: The drag bar was planned at the site of the old Hush Lounge where a mass shooting happened last fall. al.com/business/2025/…
NEW: Someone in Brookside deleted the police department’s emails, per attorneys for a group of drivers suing the town over allegations of ticketing for profit. Here's the latest in the federal case, one of more than a dozen filed against the town: al.com/crime/2025/07/…
NEW: An eight-year-old girl from Alabama is among the victims of a deadly flash flood that struck central Texas on Friday. Here's what we know: al.com/news/2025/07/8…
The Camp Mystic flood has taken 24 lives and left 25 girls missing. Sarah Marsh, an 8-year-old from Mountain Brook, is among those lost. al.com/news/2025/07/8…
We’re so thrilled to see @SavannahTF recognized for Story of the Year! There’s a lot of great reporting going on across the @aldotcom newsroom and throughout our state. Congrats to everyone who earned recognition. Check out the work: al.com/news/2025/06/a…
Say goodbye to the Birmingham Water Works Board. Leaders at the utility approved a new name for the agency during a meeting where the new coalition also solidified its authority. al.com/news/birmingha…
An immigration raid at a high school facility construction site in south Alabama resulted in the detainment of over 30 undocumented individuals, according to the FBI’s Mobile office. Read more: al.com/news/2025/06/f…
According to the Alabama Grocers Association, SNAP supports 7,800 jobs in the state and $350 million in wages. Read more: al.com/news/2025/06/m…
NEW: The University of North Alabama has transitioned its custodial services to a private company. Here's how it's affecting workers: al.com/business/2025/…
Alabama has a complicated relationship with science. Let's talk about it. al.com/news/2025/06/c…
NEW: Birmingham, Mountain Brook are among cities that shrank as far-flung suburbs in the metro boom. w/ @RamseyArchibald: al.com/news/2025/05/b…
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. Read more: al.com/politics/2025/…