Mobile and Baldwin County News
Candidates for the open First District seat courted Escambia County Republicans, a national Young Republicans convention prepared to descend on Mobile, and coastal insurance drew a crowd in Fairhope.
South Alabama legislators warned that Gov. Bentley's proposed special session on Jefferson County's debt was dead on arrival unless it also addressed the coastal homeowners insurance crisis.
The Alabama Affordable Homeowners Insurance Commission scheduled a public forum in Mobile, and Sen. Ben Brooks urged a strong coastal turnout on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
State Sen. Ben Brooks informally confirmed plans to seek a Mobile County circuit judgeship in 2012, promising to hold off on campaigning until after a special session on coastal insurance.
Former school board president Bill Meredith threw his support behind Grand Bay farmer David Sessions in the House District 105 special election, as a third rival signaled he would vote…
The Christian Coalition of Alabama and the Homeowners Hurricane Insurance Initiative invited every candidate for governor to Spanish Fort to answer for the cost of coverage on the coast.
Scott Buzbee of Irvington announced a Democratic bid against Republican Sen. Ben Brooks in District 35, arguing south Mobile County has gotten talk instead of results in Montgomery.
Gubernatorial candidate Bradley Byrne, whose own homeowners policy was canceled, argued the coastal insurance crisis is a statewide economic issue as Allstate and Alfa moved to drop wind coverage.
Republican Trip Pittman and Democrat A.J. Cooper faced voters after a special election season that proved one thing above all: in Baldwin County, it costs far more to win a…
State Rep. Joseph Mitchell said the Legislature's refusal to convene on coastal insurance was deliberate, warning that South Mobile County lawmakers would remember it come the regular session.