UPDATED 8/2/17: Here are your city council and mayoral candidates
Who are they? Check out our UPDATED list of candidates as of 8 School board candidates included, along with info about the special U.S. Senate primary!
Category City of Birmingham
This District 3 candidate for Birmingham City Council is a UAB grad
He’s lived in Southside for over fifteen years and hopes to modernize city government and infrastructure, if elected to the Birmingham City Council. Ryan Jones is running for the District 3 city council seat. Let’s get to know him, Birmingham.
Condoleezza Rice discusses Democracy at Brookwood Books-A-Million
Condoleezza Rice sat down with Bham Now for a q&a on her stop in Birmingham today.  The former U.S. Secretary of State was back in her hometown of Birmingham, signing copies of her new 486-page book, Democracy: Stories from the…
Darrell O’Quinn running for Birmingham City Council in District 5
He’s the president of the Birmingham Citizens’ Advisory Board (CAB) and the Crestwood North Neighborhood Association. But now, he’s seeking a new role in Birmingham’s public service sector.
Keith O. Williams is running as a District 6 city council candidate, Birmingham
While Birmingham’s other city council districts are gaining momentum in the way of candidates, one district has been a little lonely. Not anymore! A candidate has declared in District 6.
Birmingham’s Bike to Work Day is May 19th: what you need to know
I’ve posted before supporting Birmingham cycling, so when I got the opportunity to work on the upcoming Bike to Work Day, I jumped, exams or no exams!
Celebrate and support Birmingham area parks and green spaces
Commentary Forty years ago this October, a dedicated group of neighborhood leaders banded together to preserve a small patch of land on the slope of Ruffner Mountain in east Birmingham.
Governor Carrington? Here’s your political roundup for Monday, Birmingham.
Who’s this person from Birmingham running for Governor of Alabama? Folks in Vestavia probably know him. Do you?
Bham Now’s interview with Birmingham City Council member Kim Rafferty
What do you know about Kim Rafferty, Birmingham’s current District 2 Â city councilor? Did you know that she’s a candidate, too?
Fellowship Bible Church Senior Pastor running for Birmingham city council
If you live in Birmingham’s District 2, you’re going to need a primer on all your city council candidates. There are a bunch of them!
Meet city council candidate Titus Battle, Birmingham
We’re reaching out to you, tonight, District 7. Here’s our interview with one of your city council candidates, Titus Battle.
Shining a light on Birmingham’s next-gen streetlights
While you may have seen AL Power’s signature utility trucks repairing stoplights and streetlights before, you might not know that these lights are actually owned by the utility provider, and that they’re getting an upgrade.  Alabama Power is on track…
Birmingham, say hello to Tyrone Williams, another District 2 city council candidate
The best part about getting to know these Birmingham city council candidates? Being able to publicly follow each candidate and their campaign paths from beginning to end. Tonight it’s Tyrone William’s turn.
Birmingham March for Science draws a crowd of two thousand
Scientists and science enthusiasts from Birmingham and around the state joined hundreds of other cities across the world in a March for Science on Saturday, April 22, Earth Day at Linn Park.
Get to know Dorothea Crosby, a District 5 candidate in Birmingham’s city council race
Dorothea Crosby says that she is “an ordinary citizen answering the call to stand for my community.” She’s looking to fill Council President Johnathan Austin’s seat.