Mobile and Baldwin County News
Redistricting has turned Baldwin County's Senate District 33 into one of Alabama's few genuinely competitive legislative races, pitting longtime Democratic incumbent Vivian Figures against Republican challenger Pete Riehm.
State Sen. Greg Albritton has introduced new constitutional amendment legislation that would let Alabama voters decide on a state lottery, expanded casino gambling and sports betting, with Mobile County's greyhound…
Ann Bedsole, who wrote the 1989 legislation creating the Alabama School of Mathematics and Science, celebrated her 90th birthday with students and staff at the Mobile school she founded.
Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh told a Foley business crowd that Alabama lawmakers are likely to debate a gas tax increase in 2019, with proceeds potentially funding road maintenance…
State Sen. Trip Pittman faced independent challenger Kimberly McCuiston in Baldwin County's Senate District 32 race in the 2014 general election.
Republican Greg Albritton faced Democrat Susan Smith of Atmore in the race for the sprawling state Senate District 22 seat across south Alabama.
Mobile trailblazer Ann Smith Bedsole, the first woman elected to the Alabama Senate, was named to receive a lifetime achievement award for decades of work saving the state's and the…