New Alabama Law Cuts Taxes for Gulf Coast Commercial Fishermen
A new Alabama law signed by Gov. Kay Ivey will cut taxes on commercial fishing vessels, equipment and supplies starting in 2023, extending exemptions long enjoyed by farmers to Gulf…
Election-Year Politics and a House Leadership Shakeup Set to Shape Alabama’s 2022 Legislative Session
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…
Dauphin Island Sea Lab Officially Named Alabama’s State Aquarium
The Dauphin Island Sea Lab has a new title: the Official Aquarium of Alabama. The Legislature passed the designation this week and sent House Bill 136 to Gov. Kay Ivey’s…
Aniah’s Law Clears Alabama Senate, Heads Back to the House
A constitutional amendment that would give Alabama judges broader authority to deny bail to defendants charged with serious violent crimes has cleared the state Senate, sending the measure back to…
Mobile public safety director in Montgomery to support Aniah’s Law
Mobile Public Safety Director James Barber was in Montgomery to show support for Aniah’s Law, a constitutional amendment sponsored by Rep. Chip Brown that would give judges more discretion to…
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Alabama Power-Linked PACs Poured Nearly $100,000 Into Local Legislative Races
Political action committees tied to Alabama Power spent nearly $100,000 on Mobile and Baldwin county legislative races in the 2018 election cycle, with spending accelerating further in 2019, state campaign…
Alabama House panel advances amendment targeting Mobile’s ‘revolving door’ of violent crime
An effort to crack down on what Mobile officials call the “revolving door” of violent offenders returning to the streets while awaiting trial moved forward when an Alabama House committee…
Broker Chip Brown Prepares Another Run for the Public Service Commission
Mobile commercial real estate broker Chip Brown signaled plans to run again for the Alabama Public Service Commission, this time for the presidency, after a narrow loss in the 2010…
Primary Night Redraws the Map in Mobile and Baldwin County Races
Ashley Rich routed Mark Erwin, Vivian Figures turned back Herman Thomas, and Baldwin County's incumbent district attorney failed to make her own runoff, as local observers assessed a night of…
Mobile Republicans Wanted a Governor, a Southerner, or Condoleezza Rice on McCain’s Ticket
Asked whom John McCain should choose as a running mate, Mobile and Baldwin County Republicans named Charlie Crist, Mitt Romney, Haley Barbour, Condoleezza Rice — and, more than once, an…