Mobile’s Paychecks Fall Behind the State’s: A Decade of Slipping Wages
Federal data show Mobile's average wage per job fell from $400 above the Alabama average in 1992 to nearly $750 below it a decade later, a quiet reversal with real…
Peavy Votes for the Budget He Criticized, Then Takes Charge of Rewriting the City’s Playbook
Mobile's newest councilman backed a budget that drains $21.1 million from capital funds, calling the vote a fait accompli, and was promptly handed the city's new strategic initiative.
Omaha Company Plans Southeast’s Largest Private Cold Storage Plant on Hollingers Island
Millard Refrigeration will build a 180,000-square-foot cold storage facility in south Mobile County, a $27 million investment aimed at shipping frozen chicken overseas.
Mobile Lumber Executive Says No to 2006 Governor’s Race as the Field Keeps Growing
Gulf Lumber executive Sandy Stimpson has taken himself out of the 2006 governor's race, but the line of prospective candidates in both parties is barely any shorter for it.
A Seat on the Federal Bench in Mobile Comes Open, and the Jockeying Begins
With U.S. District Judge Randy Butler set to take senior status, Mobile lawyers are quietly positioning for a lifetime appointment to the Southern District of Alabama bench.
Getting Schooled in Real Estate: Mobile County’s $8.95 Million Bet on an Old Office Building
The Mobile County school system's proposed purchase of the old Kellogg, Brown & Root building drew sharp criticism from commercial real estate professionals, and a vigorous defense.
Bring Wall Street to Main Street: A Mobile Broker’s First Licensed Years
Part three of a memoir of a bygone Mobile: a Christmas bonus paid in whiskey, an NYSE exam graded by the boss, and a tape so slow a quote took…
The Cabal Behind the Stock Board: Five Mobile Brokers Shop for a New Firm
Part twelve of a memoir of a bygone Mobile: five brokers met each afternoon after the boss left for his club, plotting to sell a ready-made Mobile office to a…
The Wrecking Ball on South Lawrence Street, and What Was Left Behind
Part nine of a memoir of a bygone Mobile: after years of haggling, the old family house sold for $18,292.80 and came down for a parking lot in the fall…
Suppers Alone in an Empty Apartment: A Mobile Landlord Waits Out the Old House
Part eight of a memoir of a bygone Mobile: the author kept going back to his mother's apartment for supper, while the ledgers told him the old house could not…