Mobile and Baldwin County News
Disqualified from the Democratic primary, RaShawn Figures began gathering 300 signatures to run as an independent, while Rep. James Buskey's attorney laid out the evidence behind the residency ruling.
An Alabama Democratic Party panel upheld the disqualification of RaShawn Figures on residency grounds. His attorney called the proceeding a farce of due process and a celebration of the rule…
A Democratic Party subcommittee disqualified 28-year-old RaShawn Figures from the House District 99 primary on residency grounds, a ruling his campaign said it would appeal.
The Prichard City Council moved to amend its electronic bingo ordinance, arguing that machines are still bingo. Mobile County's district attorney said the law says otherwise.
Circuit Judge-elect Stuart DuBose faced renewed bar discipline in late 2006 after the Alabama Supreme Court rejected a suspension timed to begin the day after the election as too lenient.