Tag: Mayor Randall Woodfin
BPD Chief: More than a dozen Birmingham police officers terminated since...
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
More than a dozen Birmingham police officers have been terminated for some incidents involving excessive force or unauthorized force and...
Birmingham’s mandatory face mask ordinance ends on Friday
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
The City of Birmingham will not extend its mandatory face covering ordinance beyond midnight on Friday, May 29, but that...
Birmingham (Ala.) extends face covering ordinance; ends curfew
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Extending the city’s mandatory face covering ordinance is necessary because the number of COVID-19 coronavirus cases have not decreased, said...
Crime down overall, but weekend violence unacceptable, Mayor Woodfin says
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
While overall crime is dramatically down in the city of Birmingham, the violence that left four men dead over the...
City Council approves $500K hazard pay for workers dealing with COVID-19
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
In a near empty chamber on Tuesday, the Birmingham City Council approved $500,000 in hazard/overtime pay for city employees working...
Birmingham’s shelter-in-place order extended to April 30
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
The Birmingham City Council on Friday extended the city’s current shelter-in-place ordinance to April 30, at the request of Mayor...
Birmingham passes mandatory ‘shelter in place order.’ Here’s why.
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
The Birmingham City Council voted Tuesday to require a shelter-in-place order until midnight on April 3 during the COVID-19 public...
City of Birmingham responds to COVID-19 with $4M in emergency funds
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday approved Mayor Randall L. Woodfin’s request to provide $4 million to fund police, fire,...
Mayor Woodfin Announces Plan to Pardon Misdemeanor Marijuana Possession
birminghamal.gov
Mayor Randall L. Woodfin on Monday announced an initiative that will allow individuals previously convicted of unlawful possession of marijuana to apply for a...
Mayor Woodfin: New Stadium To Level Playing Field With Other Cities
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
When it came to building a new stadium in the city the proposition for Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin was simple:...
