Mobile and Baldwin County News
Coverage of city budget from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
Mayor Sandy Stimpson said the size of Mobile employees' 2015 pay raise would depend on what department heads build into their budgets, while he prepared a citywide plan to attack…
Spanish Fort settled a five-year lawsuit by agreeing to buy two homes threatened by an eroding Mobile Bay bluff, a deal costing over $2.5 million.
The Mobile City Council voted 6-1 on Wednesday to spend $18,500 on the city's Independence Day fireworks, even as officials signaled they may seek private help to fund future displays.
As dueling committees, a $29 million disputed deficit and shifting council alliances collided, Mobile's budget saga looked to many residents like a greased-pig chase with the numbers impossible to pin…
Mayor Sam Jones cast Mobile's budget fight in a brighter light after the Airbus announcement, but Councilman John Williams said the good news changed nothing about the city's need to…
As Mobile searched for revenue, officials revisited a 2009 storm water ordinance that was adopted but never collected, along with plans for red-light cameras at 20 intersections to help fund…
A Mobile city councilor is expected to propose more than doubling the mayor's salary to $200,000, making the case that the city must pay a market rate to attract executive…
A Mobile resident wrote the City Council after its vote to raise the sales tax for 16 months, urging members to demand austerity, transparency and hard metrics from the Jones…
City officials reported a rash of stolen manhole covers and storm drainage grates being sold for scrap, leaving open holes in the roadway and few strong charges available to prosecutors.
A Mobile City Council committee meant to address a lingering budget shortfall ran more than an hour behind schedule on Monday, and the session ended without a resolution after Mayor…