Mobile’s Moon Pie Drop Returns With Mardi Gras Parade, Live Music and Free Museum Access
Mobile is gearing up for one of its biggest New Year’s Eve celebrations yet, with the city’s signature Moon Pie drop, a Mardi Gras parade,…
Mobile Lawyers Weigh In: Bar Association Poll Picks Favorites in Judicial Races
A May 2004 Mobile Bar Association poll of members produced landslide preferences in several judicial contests, including a lopsided vote for Mobile attorney Robert H. Smith for the Alabama Supreme…
County Commission Hopefuls Line Up Against Onshore LNG Terminal in South Mobile County
A 2004 survey of Mobile County Commission candidates found nearly unanimous opposition to a proposed onshore liquefied natural gas terminal at Hollingers Island in south Mobile County.
Attorney General Declares Freeman Jockisch’s Commission Seat Vacant After Fraud Conviction
An opinion from the Alabama Attorney General held that Mobile County Commissioner Freeman Jockisch vacated his seat upon his federal fraud conviction, leaving the governor to fill the vacancy.
Handicapping the June Primary: A Look at the Mobile County Commission Races
With the Republican primary set for June 1, one veteran observer sized up the Mobile County Commission contests in Districts 2 and 3, where a federal trial loomed over a…
Frozen Toes and Folded Flyers: A Mobile Lawyers’ Daughter Works the New Hampshire Primary
A University of Alabama junior from Mobile spent seven weeks and one bitter January in New Hampshire doing the unglamorous work that keeps a presidential campaign alive.