Mobile and Baldwin County News
Alabama's 2022 legislative session opens under the shadow of election-year politics and an open race for House leadership, with gambling policy, ARPA spending and a slate of Baldwin and Mobile…
Alabama's Legislature sent a medical cannabis bill to Gov. Kay Ivey's desk this month, but a Senate-passed lottery, casino and sports betting package stalled in the House with the 2021…
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…
Political newcomer Billie Jo Underwood of Summerdale came within roughly 450 votes of winning the District 3 seat on the Baldwin County Commission outright, forcing incumbent Tucker Dorsey into a…
Republican Andrea Lindsey and Democrat Clyde Jones are headed to a November showdown for Baldwin County's District 2 school board seat, a race complicated by a party dismissal tied to…
Angie Swiger has resigned her District 5 seat on the Baldwin County Board of Education, stepping aside just before a judge was set to rule on whether she could keep…
Daphne City Councilman Joe Davis III resigned from his District 7 seat after the City Council voted 4-3 to reject annexation of land planned for the proposed Daphne Innovation and…
Gov. Robert Bentley has created a 17-member Coastal Insurance Work Group, weighted with Mobile and Baldwin county residents, to recommend fixes for coastal Alabama's high wind and homeowners insurance premiums…
Eastern Shore attorney and former Prichard mayor A.J. 'Jay' Cooper entered the race for Baldwin County's open Senate District 32 seat, saying he was 'underwhelmed' by the Republican field and…
After Baldwin County voters rejected school tax renewals in March, officials are weighing placing them on the 2016 presidential primary ballot.