Birmingham City Council

Woodfin repeated that facial recognition capabilities will not be used in accordance with the contract.

Mayor Randall Woodfin’s $412 million budget is almost 9 percent lower than the previous budget.

Birmingham City Council members on Tuesday voted to extend the city’s requirement for residents to wear face masks in public.  Council members in a 7-1 vote Tuesday agreed to extend the city’s mask ordinance until July 3. It had been in effect since May 1.  Councilman Hunter Williams was the lone dissenting vote and said … Continued

Birmingham’s ordinance requiring citizens to wear masks while in public is set to expire Friday.  Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin in a statement Tuesday cautioned the public against letting their guard down, however, and said despite the expiration of the ordinance, the public should continue to wear masks while out to help prevent the spread of … Continued

By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter As one who has covered Birmingham City Council meetings from time to time, I can attest they can be raucous affairs. Even when Birmingham is moving steadily forward, as it has for the past few years, the mayor and City Council are known to fight each other, sometimes literally. … Continued

By Chip Brownlee Alabama Political Reporter The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday passed a local resolution intended to designate Alabama’s largest city as its first and only “sanctuary city” to the disapproval of many Alabama Republicans, including the Governor. The sanctuary city resolution passed the Council with a unanimous vote, defying President Donald Trump’s crackdown … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Birmingham City Council District two and school board candidates spoke on Thursday to the voters gathered at the forum at McElwain Baptist Church. The first to speak was Rolanda Hollis. She said that she is an active real estate broker with experience dealing with the state legislature advocating for … Continued