Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey today signed into law legislation that re-shapes the Birmingham Water Works Board and takes it out of majority control of the City of Birmingham. The new law regionalizes the Birmingham Water Works Board and would give more power to suburban areas.

Birmingham city officials have sued the Alabama governor to stop her from signing a bill that would strip the city of control over the state’s largest water board.

A federal judge has denied an emergency motion for a temporary restraining order in a lawsuit challenging Alabama's Senate Bill 330, which al