Mobile saw a weekend rally against Donald Trump’s election even as local leaders eyed economic gains for Austal and the Interstate 10 bridge, while Baldwin County posted record voter turnout in the Nov. 8 election.
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Syndicated Columnist Bob Novak Questions Bonner’s Earmark-Reform Credentials
Nationally syndicated columnist Bob Novak criticized House Republicans’ choice of Mobile Rep. Jo Bonner for a key Appropriations Committee seat, questioning his commitment to earmark reform.
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Shelby Defends Mobile’s Tanker Win in Financial Times Op-Ed as Boeing Backers Pile On
Sen. Richard Shelby used a Financial Times op-ed to defend the Air Force’s tanker contract award to a Northrop Grumman-EADS team, arguing the deal would bring thousands of jobs to a new Mobile assembly site, not send them overseas.
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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.