Tag: Mayor
Baltimore mayor exploring removal of Confederate statues
By Associated Press
BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore's mayor says she wants to explore removing the city's Confederate monuments, "following in the footsteps of New...
Pastor Fernandez Sims on running for mayor: ‘We have 99 neighborhoods...
By Monique Jones
The Birmingham Times
Pastor Fernandez Sims has announced his bid for Mayor of Birmingham.
Sims, a pastor of Charis Community Church and case manager...
Contractor Chris Woods believes he can unseat Mayor William Bell. Here’s...
By Monique Jones
The Birmingham Times
Chris Woods, son of civil rights leader Bishop Calvin Woods, has announced his candidacy for Mayor of Birmingham.
Woods, President and...
Birmingham Mayor makes case for re-election
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
Birmingham Mayor William A. Bell, Sr. today announced that he will seek re-election.
“The progress and momentum that the city has...
Affordable housing at center of Birmingham CrossPlex delay
Monique Jones
The Birmingham Times
A resolution approving the start of construction on retail development at the Birmingham CrossPlex was delayed during Tuesday’s City Council meeting,...
Ed May II Elected Mayor of Fairfield
By Idrissa N Snider
For The Birmingham Times
Ed May, II was elected Tuesday as mayor of Fairfield.
May received 1,004 votes to Johnnie Wyatt’s 922 in...
Bell, mayors from state’s most populous cities meet to talk challenges
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
Four mayors from some of Alabama’s most populous cities met this week to exchange ideas and talk issues facing their...
Birmingham City Council, mayor agree on $425M budget for fiscal 2017
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
Better late than never.
Nearly 60 days after the start of the fiscal year, the Birmingham City Council and Mayor William...
Attorney Randall Woodfin to declare candidacy for Birmingham mayor
Times Staff Report
Birmingham native and attorney Randall Woodfin today announced that he will declare his candidacy for mayor of the City of Birmingham on...
Mustafa Eke’vu: An artist who looks inward and beyond the material...
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
Mustafa Eke’vu sat in Golden Temple Café on the Southside as he spoke to everyone who passed by.
Most of the...