The Exploreum Science Center in downtown Mobile hosted an early New Year celebration for children, complete with a mini-MoonPie drop and confetti.
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One Vote Short: Mobile’s Sales Tax Standoff Hardens Into Political Chicken
With an $18.5 million deficit and a five-vote requirement, Mayor Sam Jones fell a single council vote short of a one-cent sales tax increase, leaving three members holding extraordinary leverage.
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Bridge or Barrier? Mobile Reckons With Its City Council Super Majority
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 blocked progress.
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Hattiesburg Loves the Dead Sea Scrolls, and Carnival Keeps Overbooking
Mobile’s tourism chief reported that Mississippi supplied the most out-of-state visitors to the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit and that the Carnival Holiday was routinely sailing well over capacity.