The city is focusing on programs to bolster its affordable housing inventory, reduce homelessness and poverty and ramp up ...

Marilyn James-Johnson, who is running for mayor of Birmingham, sings during a visit to Kelly Ingram Park (Photo by Solomon Crenshaw Jr.) ...

Marilyn James-Johnson, visiting Kelly Ingram Park, is running for mayor of Birmingham in the 2025 municipal election. (Photo by Solomon Crenshaw Jr.) ...

Incumbent Councilors Crystal Smitherman, Wardine Alexander and Clinton Woods won election along with newcomer Josh Vasa.

Marilyn James-Johnson, visiting Kelly Ingram Park, is running for mayor of Birmingham in the 2025 municipal election. (Photo by Solomon Crenshaw Jr.) Your support helps us grow and sustain a newsroom ...

Amid cheers of threepeat and “Randemic,” Randall Woodfin won his third election for mayor of Birmingham on Tuesday night.

Incumbents Sherman Collins Jr., Derek Billups and Leticia W. Harvill are headed back to the Birmingham City Board of ...

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City of Birmingham Regional Water Works board member Sheila Tyson makes a point during the July 31, 2025, meeting as board Vice Chairman Phillip Wiedmeyer looks on. (Photo by Olivia McMurrey) ...