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As another crop of graduates went looking for work, a group of Mobile-area figures were asked to recall the first jobs that started them off, from a Des Moines paper…
Partisanship in Montgomery had rarely been nastier. So how many Mobile-area Democrats and Republicans had never once voted for the other side? Asked directly, remarkably few could claim it.
A routine trip to a Government Street car wash turned into a life-or-death ordeal for Mobile attorney Richard Mather, who was forced into the trunk of his own Volvo at…
The former state senator and Baldwin County commissioner from Magnolia Springs entered the District 32 special election, campaigning on family values, opposition to gambling and managed growth.
Baldwin County Republican Party chairman Don McGriff announced a bid for the state Senate seat vacated by Bradley Byrne, joining a crowded special-election field.
The Gulf Shores businessman and State School Board member entered the race for the Baldwin County Senate seat vacated by Bradley Byrne, pledging tighter ethics rules and tax relief for…
The Alabama Wildlife Federation built the Upper Wreck Reef between Mullet Point and the mouth of Weeks Bay, a 1.25-acre underwater structure of recycled rubble finished in time for Memorial…
The Democratic presidential candidate collected roughly $160,000 at a seated luncheon in the Baldwin County home of Pat and Bob Edington, drawing about 45 donors from five states to a…
Sources said the Birmingham lawyer and lobbyist, whose 2006 run for lieutenant governor ended in defeat, was measuring a 2010 campaign for attorney general against incumbent Republican Troy King.
Mobile Regional, Atmore Municipal, Dauphin Island and Bay Minette Municipal airports shared more than $3.28 million in federal aviation grants for sprinklers, security fencing and runway protection zones.