Election day is still more than seven months away, yet the race for Birmingham Mayor is already heating up as incumbent Randall Woodfin launches an offense against his earliest critic and challenger.

Fixing Birmingham’s problem with gun violence is going to take not just the police, but commitments from employers and regular citizens in the community, Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin said today.

Birmingham city leaders are engaged in a multifaceted approach to address its most pressing challenge of reducing homicides, Mayor Randall Woodfin said this afternoon. But the answer is not simple.

“At the end of the day, who’s next?” Givan spoke this morning, a day after Mayor Randall Woodfin delivered his State of the City address and a follow-up town hall. Woodfin Tuesday used most ...