Tag: City Council

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times  Protesters converged both inside and outside of City Hall on Tuesday to denounce plans to furlough 158 workers at...

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved $250,000 in emergency funds for Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI) as the...

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times Mayor Randall Woodfin on Tuesday announced “an outright” ban on the use of chokeholds by Birmingham police. “Currently the BPD (Birmingham...

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times After 31 years with Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service, Battalion Chief Melvin Brown will become head of the fire department...

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times Birmingham is facing an epidemic and pandemic simultaneously, city leaders said Tuesday. The pandemic is COVID-19 while the epidemic is...

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times Less than a week after announcing that the city’s face covering ordinance would expire at midnight on May 29, the...

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...

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times Dealing with the uncertainty of its finances amid the COVID-19 public health crisis, the city of Birmingham will postpone its...

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times At Tuesday’s Birmingham City Council meeting, the members voted 7-1 to extend the face covering ordinance with Councilor Hunter Williams...

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...