Mobile and Baldwin County News
A Sam Jones mailer highlighting his Navy service under John McCain drew a pointed clarification from the senator's political adviser: McCain had endorsed no one in Mobile's mayoral election.
A week before Mobile's mayoral election, former councilwoman Bess Rich reported more than $64,000 on hand after a heavy advertising push, in a four-way race to succeed Mayor Mike Dow.
Jim Zeigler filed his ethics complaint against Mobile mayoral candidate John Peavy in Montgomery, and Peavy responded with a lawsuit alleging defamation, outrageous conduct and abuse of process.
A $500-per-couple reception at the Oakleigh Garden District home of former Ambassador Gary Cooper was scheduled to benefit Mobile County Commissioner Sam Jones' campaign for mayor of Mobile.
Mobile attorney Jim Zeigler said he would file an ethics complaint accusing mayoral candidate John Peavy of using his City Council seat to benefit his construction company on an Azalea…
The Young Democrats of Mobile scheduled a public forum for the city's four mayoral candidates at the Boilermakers union hall on Government Street, with moderated questions and audience Q&A.
For 20 years Mobile's mayor-council government has required five of seven votes to pass most measures. Officials past and present disagreed sharply over whether the super majority built consensus or…
Mobile mayoral candidate Bess Rich proposed adopting CitiStat, a performance-management program pioneered in Baltimore, to track city spending and save money.
The Mobile firefighters' union backed Bess Rich for mayor ahead of the Aug. 23 city election, the second endorsement from an organized city employee group for the former councilwoman's campaign.
State Sen. Vivian Figures declined to endorse in Mobile's 2005 mayoral race, citing friendships with two candidates, while state GOP vice chairman Jerry Lathan came out for Ann Bedsole.