Mobile and Baldwin County News
Coverage of Alabama politics from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby announced a $4.76 million federal award to the Alabama State Port Authority in Mobile for the State Docks intermodal facility, the second installment of a $20…
Trip Pittman's lopsided win over Randy McKinney in the Baldwin County Senate District 32 Republican runoff raised hard questions about how much a popular governor's endorsement is actually worth.
Gov. Bob Riley's decision to back Randy McKinney over Trip Pittman in a Republican runoff broke an unwritten rule and left Mobile and Baldwin Republicans debating what it cost the…
On the eve of the Baldwin County Senate District 32 runoff, political veterans offered sharply divided predictions, with negative mail and the governor's endorsement dominating the closing arguments.
Attorneys for former Mobile County Sheriff Jack Tillman asked the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals to rehear his bid to undo the misdemeanor convictions that ended his career, arguing his…
Asked to name a favorite in the 2008 presidential race, Mobile-area officials, lawyers and civic figures answered with hedges, wish lists and a fair amount of open dissatisfaction with both…
Former Public Service Commissioner Jim Zeigler floated a slate of uncommitted delegates for Alabama's Feb. 5 primary, calling it a lawful way for disappointed conservatives to vote for none of…
A threatened challenge to Baldwin County Commissioner David Ed Bishop's Republican credentials collapsed in July 2007 after a Democratic senator said a $150 contribution in his records had never been…
Former Mobile County Tax Assessor Ken Malone planned a public crusade to free imprisoned ex-Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards. After a two-hour prison visit in 2007, he agreed to fight quietly…
State Sen. Charles Bishop was publicly condemned for punching a Democratic colleague on the Alabama Senate floor. At a Republican dinner in Birmingham, he got a standing ovation, and Mobile…